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MOSES, ME AND MURDER! (A Story of the Cariboo Gold Rush)
Author: Ann Walsh
Set in Barkerville in l866 this novel tells the story of the murder of a
young man who comes to find his fortune in the Goldfields of B.C. When his
decayed body is discovered several months after his disappearance, suspicion
falls on a stranger, James Barry. The Moses of the title was a well-known
barber in Barkerville, and was one of the key witnesses at the trial of
James Barry, a trial presided over by Judge Matthew Bailey Begbie, known as
‘The Hanging Judge’. An oddly shaped gold nugget is one of the clues to the
murderer’s identity, and the presence of a twelve year old boy, Ted, in the
story makes it more appealing to young children. This book is extensively
used by Grade 5 classes who study the B.C. Gold Rush, and includes
historical footnotes about the setting and characters. With the exception
of Ted, all characters and the role they played in this case are
historically accurate. ($9.95)
Distributed by Raincoast, 1-800-663-5714
THE DOCTOR’S APPRENTICE
Author: Ann Walsh
A follow-up to Moses, Me and Murder, this book takes Ted MacIntosh, now 14,
through a difficult time in his life. Still plagued by nightmares, Ted is
treated by a doctor, J.B. Wilkinson, who then takes Ted as his apprentice,
becoming his friend and as well as his mentor. The story deals with coping
with fears, medical treatments and drug abuse in the 19th Century, life in a
Gold Rush town and the destruction of Barkerville by fire in September of
1868. Doctor Wilkinson was one of the men who helped ‘Cariboo’ Cameron carry
the body of his wife, Sophia Cameron, out of Barkerville. It was Sophia’s
dying wish that she would not be buried in the rough country she had grown
to hate. She got her wish: Sophia’s grave is in Ontario, Doctor Wilkinson
himself is buried in the Barkerville cemetery. ($8.95)
Available - Beach Holme Publishing, #226-2040 W. 12th
Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., V6J 2G2, 1-888-551-6655 or in Vancouver at (604)
733 4868. Class sets and Teachers' guides are also available.
The Overlanders of '62
Mark S. Wade
ISBN# 0-919214-99-1
Wagon Road North
Art Downs
Northwest Digest Ltd.
Pioneer Days in British Columbia Volume I
Art Downs
Heritage House Publishing
Backroads Explorer:
Similkameen & S. Okanagan
Murphy Shewchuck
ISBN# 0-88839-205-2
Barkerville
Lorraine Harris
ISBN# 0-88839-152-8
Cariboo Gold Rush Story
Donald Waite
ISBN# 0-88839-202-8
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YOUR TIME, MY TIME
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Author: Ann Walsh
Illustrator: Ron Lightburn
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Author: Ann Walsh
A time-travel, love story set in Barkerville (a restored Gold Rush town in
central B.C.) in 1980 and 1870. The book portrays both the Barkerville of
today and yesterday, including some of the historical figures of the time,
for example, Judge Begbie. Although the heroine of this novel is l5, the
book has been read and enjoyed by all ages, and is often used as a
supplemental novel for Grade 10. ($8.95)
Available - Beach Holme Publishing, #226-2040 W. 12th
Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., V6J 2G2, 1-888-551-6655 or in Vancouver at (604)
733 4868. Class sets and Teachers' guides are also available.
THE GHOST OF SODA CREEK
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Author: Ann Walsh
Illustrator: Ron Lightburn
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Author: Ann Walsh
The appearance of a two-year old ghost in the small community of Soda Creek,
nestled on the banks of the Fraser River, brings together feuding neighbours
of diverse religions, backgrounds, ages and races as they work to find out
what the ghost wants and why she has appeared. Soda Creek played a major
role in the Gold Rush when stern wheelers docked there to pick up passengers
for transportation up the Fraser to the Goldfields. ($8.95)
Available - Beach Holme Publishing, #226-2040 W. 12th
Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., V6J 2G2, 1-888-551-6655 or in Vancouver at (604)
733 4868. Class sets and Teachers' guides are also available.
Guide to Gold Panning
N.L. (Bill) Barlee
ISBN# 0-88839-986-3
Pacific Northwest History
Edward Nuffield
ISBN# 0-88839-236-2
Trails to Gold
Branwen C. Patenaude
ISBN# 0-920663-35-4 (v.1)
Cariboo Gold Rush
Heritage House Publishing
ISBN# 0-919214-90-8
Sappers
The Royal Engineers in British Columbia
Beth Hill
ISBN# 0-920663-05-2
Songs of the Pacific Northwest
Philip J. Thomas
ISBN# 0-919654-89-4 Hard
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