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Pageant of B.C.: Glimpses into the romantic development of Canada's far western province.

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Title:Pageant of B.C.: Glimpses into the romantic development of Canada's far western province.
Author:
McKelvie, B. A. (Bruce Alistair)   
(6 of 7 for author by title)
Pelts and Powder. A Story of the West Coast in the Making
Maquinna the Magnificent
Published:   1955
Publisher:Thomas Nelson
Tags:British Columbia, Canada, Canadiana, history, non-fiction
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McKelvie's title is too modest: this is in essence a very well researched short history of British Columbia to the end of the nineteenth century, written for the general reader. Its more than 100 short chapters "first appeared in serial form in The Vancouver Daily Province, between February 1953 and March 1955". [Suggest a different description.]

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Author Bio for McKelvie, B. A. (Bruce Alistair)

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Bruce A. McKelvie (1889-1960) was a Canadian author and journalist. He was born in British Columbia to Scottish born parents who had previously lived in Quebec. McKelvie started work as an printer's apprentice at a newspaper. He worked at a variety of jobs in the business before he became a police reporter for the Vancouver Daily Province in 1913. He was on board the tugboat Sea Lion during the Komagata Maru incident in 1914. He also worked for the Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Colonist. He wrote several books that popularized British Columbia history. (Simon Fraser University, City of Victoria Archives)

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