Book
Gumboot girls : adventure, love & survival on British Columbia's North Coast : a collection of memoirs / compiled by Jane Wilde & edited by Lou Allison.
This book compiles memoirs of 34 women who had migrated from big cities to the rural areas on the north coast of British Columbia.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781927575475
- ISBN: 1927575478
- Physical Description: 217 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Halfmoon Bay, B.C. : Caitlin Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index of authors.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction -- Editor's Note -- Note on Place Names -- Haida Gwaii: A Few Left Turns / Carol Kulesha -- Going North Again / Jane Kinegal -- When the Wind Blows / Joline Martin -- The Power of Community / Lyn Pinkerton -- Living at Swan Bay / Su-San Brown -- At the Edge of the World / Karen McKinster -- For Dan / Agate Annie VerSteeg -- Finding Home / Dorothy Garrett -- From the Lighthouse / Dory Spencer -- Gimli / Betsy Cardell -- Still Hippying Around / Margo Elfert -- Boating in Paradise / Barb Rowsell -- Afloat / Lou Allison -- My American Girlfriends / Jane Wilde -- All the Wrong Reasons / Carmen Ross -- Prince Rupert & Area: Home is a Tent / Suellen Guenther -- A Coastal Road / Daphne Brown -- A Prairie Chick on the Coast / Lorrie Thompson -- Gardens on the Edge / Nancy Fischer -- Into the Abyss / Carol Manning -- The Test of Time / Dolly Harasym -- North Coast Fashions / Shelley Lobel -- Setting the Tone / Janet Simpson -- It was Rupert / Kathy Copps -- Born in France, Made in Canada / Ghislaine de Saint Venant -- Mending Nets & Fixing Boats / Linda Gibbs -- My Journey into the Northwest / Francine Masse -- The Last Resort / Anneke Van Vliet -- From Skiakl to Dodge / Wendy Brooks -- Waterlogged Milestones / Sue Staehli -- Acclimatization / Chloe Beam -- Turned Inside Out / Helen Heffernan -- Coastal Quilting / Kristin Miller -- The More Things Change / Peggy Carl -- Acknowledgements - Index of Authors.
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- Subject:
- Women > British Columbia > Prince Rupert > Biography.
Women > British Columbia > Haida Gwaii > Biography.
Urban-rural migration > History > 20th century.
Country life > British Columbia > Prince Rupert.
Country life > British Columbia > Haida Gwaii.
Prince Rupert (B.C.) > Biography.
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Available copies
- 19 of 21 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 2 of 2 copies available at Smithers Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Lillooet Branch | 305.4 WIL (Text) | 35180000324367 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| McBride | 971.1711 Gum (Text) | 35191000209813 | Adult Non fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | 971.17111 Alli (Text) | 33294001832245 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-07 |
| Prince Rupert Library | NWHC 971.17111 Alli (Text) | 33294001832252 | Northwest History Collection - Non-Circulating | Not holdable | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | NWHC 971.17111 Alli (Text) | 33294001962307 | Northwest History Collection - Non-Circulating | Not holdable | Available | - |
| Quesnel Branch | 305.40922 GUM (Text) | 33923005376615 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Salmo Public Library | 305.409 ALL (Text) | 35163000089347 | Adult Fiction (hardback or trade paperback) | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Sechelt Public Library | 971.11 GUMB (Text) | 3326000310322 | Nonfiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Terrace Public Library | 305.4092 GUM (Text) | 35151001089325 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-19 |
| Tumbler Ridge Public Library | ANF 305.4 GUMBO (Text) | TRL24527 | Entertaining Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |