Columbia Books

A great read. The story of the early B.C. lumber mills come to life with the arrival of laborers from Quebec. Young Luc and his family are among those who arrive and find there is no housing available. They quickly adapt and four families move into a boxcar for shelter from the rain.
Luc's knowledge of English is the key to connecting the French lumbermen from Quebec and the English speaking manager's of the mill.
Norma Charles helps us see the rain, mud and hardships through the eyes of Luc, a boy who inspires us with his ernest to do the right thing but gets caught up in a number of boyish mishaps.
Norma Charles skillfully gives us a history lesson without us even knowing it and teaches us a few words of French along the way.

This book was a required reading for my Public Policy course, so if you are interested in learning about Public Policy, I recommend this book as very informative.

it's 1980, not 1908

and there is already 4 or so listings for the same book.

just a PSA.

the correct title is Bridge OF the Gods.. not TO the Gods..

lovely HB w/ really great photos.

amaz needs to clean up the duplicates of this book. (especially ones with errors) thanks

Sorry to see it was out of print - was looking it up so I could buy another copy.
Lightweight, so travels well, has very good info on most everything u could want to see, including Banff/Jasper Nat'l parks, (even though they are in Alberta Province).
Reasonably well arranged.

Get this book, and if you want to know everything there is to know about Canadian Rocky Mountain flora and fauna, add Ben Gadd's book "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" (a considerably heavier book, due to color plates) and you won't need anything else but a map.

The following came from reader Rita J. Martin recently:

Good Afternoon.

Say I just wanted to say, we loved your "Off the Beaten Path" British Columbia. Recently, my husband and I celebrated our 30th Anniversary and took a trip to British Columbia. And we used your book every step of the way and found there to be no errors within the contents (except a few increases in admission - and we called that life!). We even loved eating Halibut and Chips at Mad Trapper Neighborhood Pub. It's also thought it was funny we had taken several trips throughout the years and have never stopped at Marble Canyon wow I mean shout it out! That place is wonderful and will remain on our stopping list forever. I could go on and on about the material we found within the pages of your book. I've recommended it to several of our friends.

Without saying before I end this note; any chance you've written other books using that same guideline?

Sincerely,
Rita J. Martin

Mr. Garden has done his homework here , the book is quite a masterpiece . The images shown are all classics. All areas of this hard to railfan line are covered, either by the author or other diligent photographers. The line history is likewise documented, from its beginnings to to present day. After reading this work, I am ready to pack my cameras and hike into some of the locations illustrated for a go at it. This book will be a cult classic in my opinion, well worth the money, even if you have never set foot in British Columbia, Canada.

"The best place on earth," is the phrase used by author Jean Barman to describe British Columbia. "British Columbia: Spirit of the People" is a complete and comprehensive history of the region through photography. Starting with the first Native Americans who set foot upon the soil approximately twenty thousand years ago, all the way to the twenty-first century, "British Columbia" features a wealth of breathtaking, full color photographs scattered throughout, "British Columbia: Spirit of the People" is highly recommended for community library photography collections and for any seeking a fresh type of coffee table book.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

This is a deeply moving account of work done with young schoolchildren, who were given the chance to talk with counselors and one another about what things were like at home growing up with an alcoholic parent. Much of the book consists of their verbatim stories. And they were significantly helped by this outstanding program. It's inspiring to read about. And if you yourself grew up in an alcoholic family, you will cry buckets as you read.

I would recommend this book to anyone looking to get a better understanding of what will happen in the last days before christ returns. This helped me to better understand how events will happen and also had a wealth of other relevant information. This is more or less a Dummies Guide without the Dummies label. If you enjoy reading any Idiots guides or Dummies guides and want to brush up on your end times biblical prophecies then buy this.