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Wagon Road North

Name: Wagon Road North
Brand: Art Downs
SKU: 9781772033601
Price: 26.95 CAD
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The Saga of the Cariboo Gold Rush, Revised and Expanded Edition

SKU: 9781772033601

Art Downs

$26.95

Paperback / softback With flaps

A newly revised and updated edition of the classic pictorial account of the Cariboo Gold Rush trail.

First published in 1960, Wagon Road North is the quintessential popular history book chronicling gold-rush-era BC. Focusing on the Cariboo Wagon Road—the crucial transportation route stretching from Fort Yale to Barkerville that made it possible for tens of thousands of prospectors to make their way to the Cariboo goldfields in the 1860s—this newly updated, expanded, and re-designed edition brings to life the adventures, hardships, and blind ambitions of the men and women who risked everything in the quest for gold. Packed with more than one hundred archival photos, many of them rarely seen, as well as maps and contemporary images of historical sites, this fascinating book is a visual celebration of a pivotal chapter in early BC history.

"The book is as informative today as it was six decades ago—especially with Mather’s additions."
—British Columbia Magazine

"Updating a classic work is a tricky and dangerous business, but Mather has succeeded admirably here. ... Mather’s updates will help ensure that Wagon Road North remains a mainstay for years to come." —BC Studies