ISBN 9781894384513
Softcover
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Publication Date: May 1, 2002
Book Dimensions:
5.5 in
x 8.5 in
384 Pages
$18.95 CAD
About the Book
Black Diamond City: The Victorian Era is the first book in Jan Peterson’s trilogy on the history of Nanaimo. Peterson traces the evolution of the city from its First Nations history to its coal industry to its becoming a diversified Victorian-era community.
Using original diaries, journals, letters, ships’ logs, government records, maps, archival photographs and her own drawings, Peterson vividly brings to life both the historical events that shaped Nanaimo and its people.
Reviews
"Jan Peterson has mined the rich seams of the local museum and archives and has unearthed carloads of historical material." —Patrick A. Dunae, BC Studies