The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey
by Barman, Jean
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 155017326X
- ISBN 13
- 9781550173260
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. Near Fine. 2004. Softcover. 155017326X . A bright, solid book, like new, B&W photos ; Trade PB; 10.9 X 8.4 X 0.3 inches; 88 pages; "British Columbia is known for the colourful pioneers who helped build and shape the character of this weird but wonderful province. And few were as colourful as Portuguese Joe Silvey - a saloon keeper, whaler and pioneer of seine fishing in British Columbia. From harpooning whales in small open rowboats, to serving up liquor to rambunctious millworkers, to being the first man to have a seine license in BC, Silvey was the Renaissance man of his generation. His friends were many, and included saloon keeper Gassy Jack Deighton for whom Vancouver's Gastown is named, his prestigious grandfather-in-law Chief Kiapilano (of the Capilano Nation) and a remittance man who liked to wear either his wife's clothes or none at all. Historian Jean Barman brings to life the story of Portuguese Joe - the romance, the tragedy, and the adventure - with skill, piecing together interviews with Silvey's descendants, archival records and historical photographs to build an intriguing and entertaining portrait of Joseph Silvey, his family, and the time and place in which he lived" .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20483
- Title
- The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey
- Author
- Barman, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 155017326X
- ISBN 13
- 9781550173260
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Madeira Park, BC
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 155017326X, Joe Silvey, chief Kiapilano, Gassy jack
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native studies;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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