Bittersweet Oasis: A History of Ashcroft, The First 100 Years
by Belton, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0889256632
- ISBN 13
- 9780889256637
- Seller
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Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Gift inscription on copyright page. Some of the Chapters: The Setting; Indians; Of Dreams, nicknames, and assorted other things; Founding Fathers; Clement Cornwall; King of the Packers; Steve Tingley and the BX; Of Teamsters and a Suicidal Horse; Social Life and Social Conscience; The Chinese; The Newcomers; Semlin and Parke; Walhachin and the Decline of Ashcroft; Disasters; The Cannery; Spud City; Bethlehem Copper, Hat Creek Coal, and Lornex; McLean's Restaurant and the tale of Scottie Creek. Numerous b/w photos, including an older photo of the town on front and rear endpapers. A very uncommon B.C. town history.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 414SB
- Title
- Bittersweet Oasis
- Author
- Belton, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Brown cloth with stagecoach and horses on front cover with titles in Brown type.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0889256632
- ISBN 13
- 9780889256637
- Publisher
- Village of Ashcroft
- Place of Publication
- Ashcroft, B.C.
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 59
- Size
- Tall 4 to.
- Keywords
- Printed and bound by Friesen Printers
Terms of Sale
Stillman Books
About the Seller
Stillman Books
About Stillman Books
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
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