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|  | | Coqualeetza No Backward Step
Finally a positive book about native residential schools - chronicles the author's time at Coqualeetza Residential School in Sardis, B.C.
span style="font-size: x-small">span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">span style="font-size: small">Written by Dorothy Matheson McIvor, the granddaughter of Princess Elizabeth Deeks of the Tsimshean Tribe of Port Simpson. The book chronicles her time at Coqualeetza Residential School in Sardis, B.C. which was the largest Protestant Indian School in Canada./span>/span>/span>
span style="font-size: x-small">span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">span style="font-size: small">Dorothy writes from her earliest childhood memories to her graduation and beyond. She r | |  | | Gang Ranch the Real Story
A true account of the trials of a Canadian family who became owners of the largest cattle ranch in the country - skillfully told by one of the actual owners of her not-to-be-equalled experiences on the ranch.
span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">span style="font-size: small">The Gang Ranch - B.C.'s sprawling and legendary million-acre cattle empire - came under Canadian ownership in 1978. Judy Alsager, one of its owners, takes us on a sincere and moving journey of breathtaking scenic images through the tumultuous times that see the Ranch rise proudly from its previous comatose state to once again become a thriving exciting operation. She shares with us the heartache and desperation of the Alsager family as a bizarre series of events brings the Gang Ranch toppling down without wa | |  | | The General and his Boys
George Wing (The General) and his sister Dolly (Wing) Madsen are the ultimate entertainers in this true-to-life telling of the exciting and vibrant gold-rush days in northern BC and Yukon Territories, when George and his war buddies returned home from a 1940-1945 stint overseas in World War II
span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">span style="font-size: small">Full of pranks, and a combined zest for making the best of the survival, this motley crew of five - Ah Ling, Fingers, Horse, Hairy, and the General himself - brawled and drank and scraped their way across the northern-lighted landscape of northern British Columbia and the Yukon: in and out of saloons, and in and out of every situation imaginable./span>/span>
span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">span style="font-size: small">Scheming and fearless, they take on an ambitious politician in a bid to put their | |  | | Trail's End the Mike Isnardy Story
True account of the wild and woolly life of Mike Isnardy, well-known and highly respected figure in ranching, rodeo, and horse-lover's world.
span style="font-size: small">span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Mike Isnardy is a well-known cowboy in the Cariboo area of B.C. and beyond. The forming of the first organized rodeo association in B.C. had its beginnings in his back yard, and grew to be the British Columbia Rodeo Association. Judy Alsager has chronicled the very exciting life of Mike Isnardy - from his humble beginnings in the Springhouse area through the humour, challenges, and unequaled events of his life, not the least of which was his ownership of the famous bucking horse Ol' Come-Apart. Rousing stori |
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