Spilsbury's Coast

Pioneer Years in the Wet West

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Author:

White, Howard
Spilsbury, Jim

ISBN:

978-0-920080-57-3

Publication Date:

Jan 1987

Publisher:

Harbour Publishing Company, Limited

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $26.95USD $26.95

Book Description:

"A lively collection made still livelier by White's bright writing - the stuff of which folklore is woven."

-Vancouver Province

Shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice BC Book Prize.

Book Details

Pages:	196
Detailed Subjects:	History / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / British Columbia (Bc) Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	6 x 9 x 0.75 Inches
Book Weight:	1.33 Pounds

Author Biography

White, Howard (Author)

Canadian author Howard White grew up on Nelson Island, British Columbia in the 1950's.

White started his career as a newspaper reporter and later wrote for magazines and science and political books. He has written in such books as The Sunshine Coast and Spilsbury Coast: Pioneer Years in the Wet West. White received the 1991 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor for his book Writing in the Rain and the 1995 British Columbia Book Prize and the Haig Brown Regional Prize for Raincoat Chronicles.

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