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Author : The Royal British Columbia Museum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780772677662
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (776 download)
Download or read book Tall Tales of British Columbia written by The Royal British Columbia Museum and published by . This book was released on with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Taft
Publisher : Sound and Moving Image Division, Provincial Archives
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Tall Tales of British Columbia written by Michael Taft and published by Sound and Moving Image Division, Provincial Archives. This book was released on 1983 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stan Davis
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465375252
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Tall Tales written by Stan Davis and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After publishing fourteen professional books, Stan wrote Tall Tales to leave a legacy for subsequent generations, as a human annuity, as a mark of his post-retirement work, and as a way of taking stock. Its done in four genresmemoir, essay, fi ction and poetry-and grouped by theme, with sections on his personal life, work life, his thoughts on religion, ten fi ctional tales, and two intermezzi with some poems. Thats it. Have fun.
Author : Beverly J. Rasporich
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027268177
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book Made-in-Canada Humour written by Beverly J. Rasporich and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Made-in-Canada-Humour is an interdisciplinary survey and analysis of Canadian humour and humorists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book focuses on a variety of genres. It includes celebrated Canadian writers and poets with ironic and satiric perspectives; oral storytellers of tall tales in the country and the city; newspaper print humorists; representative national and regional cartoonists; and comedians of stage, radio and television. The humour gives voice to Canadian values and experiences, and consequently, techniques and styles of humour particular to the country. While a persistent comic theme has been joking at the expense of the United States, both countries have influenced one another’s humour. Canada’s unique humorous tradition also reflects its emergence from a colonial country to a postcolonial and postmodern nation with contemporary humour that addresses gender and racial issues.
Author : Rosemary Neering
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
ISBN 13 : 1926741250
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (267 download)
Download or read book British Columbia Bizarre written by Rosemary Neering and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britsh Columbia Bizarreis a fascinating and eclectic mix of tales, snippets, historical facts, fancies and misconceptions teased from the history of British Columbia. No one should read this book to obtain a balanced view of the province's history. It ignores the important people and trends that contributed to BC's story, and instead favours the often strange, sometimes wonderful, and frequently insignificant events and people that make this province a storyteller's dream. Amuse yourself with tales of the brothels, bowdy houses and bagnios that existed in every town, the wild camels of Vancouver Island, communists (well, sort of), duels to the death and goose-races. And if that isn't enough, fill your boots with a potpourri of editorial feuds, gamblers and professional hangmen, lepers and lynching, and, let's not forget, angry moose. Sure to delight and surprise, British Columbia Bizarreis a wild safari through provincial history that ill confuse your assumptions and tickle your taste for the unusual.
Author : Elma Schemenauer
Publisher : Borealis Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book YesterCanada written by Elma Schemenauer and published by Borealis Press. This book was released on 2024-03-03 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YesterCanada presents thirty historical tales spanning this great land and the centuries from the 1200s to the 1900s. Here are a few of the mysteries you'll find in its pages: Where in the icy Arctic is the lost Vancouver-based ship Baychimo? Who rang the chapel bell in Tadoussac, Quebec one foggy April night in 1782? Why did a Minnesota farmer abandon his farm, walk to Saskatchewan, and build an ocean-going ship far from any ocean? In YesterCanada you'll also meet adventurers like Ontario´s daring Lady Agnes, Nova Scotia's migrating Normanites, gold-seekers of Alberta, and the Manitoba Cree chief who gave his life for the woman he loved.
Author : Magda Fahrni
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774822147
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Epidemic Encounters written by Magda Fahrni and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health crises such as the SARS epidemic and H1N1 have rekindled interest in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which swept the globe after the First World War and killed approximately fifty million people. Epidemic Encounters examines the pandemic in Canada, where one-third of the population took ill and fifty-five thousand people died. What role did social inequalities play in determining who survived? How did the authorities, health care workers, and ordinary citizens respond? Contributors answer these questions as they pertained to both local and national contexts. In the process, they offer new insights into medical history’s usefulness in the struggle against epidemic disease.
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Author : Christopher R. Fee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1842 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)
Download or read book American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales [3 volumes] written by Christopher R. Fee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 1842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating survey of the entire history of tall tales, folklore, and mythology in the United States from earliest times to the present, including stories and myths from the modern era that have become an essential part of contemporary popular culture. Folklore has been a part of American culture for as long as humans have inhabited North America, and increasingly formed an intrinsic part of American culture as diverse peoples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania arrived. In modern times, folklore and tall tales experienced a rejuvenation with the emergence of urban legends and the growing popularity of science fiction and conspiracy theories, with mass media such as comic books, television, and films contributing to the retelling of old myths. This multi-volume encyclopedia will teach readers the central myths and legends that have formed American culture since its earliest years of settlement. Its entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the collective American imagination over the past 400 years through the stories that have shaped it. Organized alphabetically, the coverage includes Native American creation myths, "tall tales" like George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree and the adventures of "King of the Wild Frontier" Davy Crockett, through to today's "urban myths." Each entry explains the myth or legend and its importance and provides detailed information about the people and events involved. Each entry also includes a short bibliography that will direct students or interested general readers toward other sources for further investigation. Special attention is paid to African American folklore, Asian American folklore, and the folklore of other traditions that are often overlooked or marginalized in other studies of the topic.
Author : Mark Forsythe
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
ISBN 13 : 9781551520872
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (28 download)
Download or read book British Columbia Almanac written by Mark Forsythe and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Columbia is a province of extraordinary extremes: urban areas and rural territories; lush farm terrain and mountain vistas; balmy ocean views and frozen snowscapes. Its population is equally diverse: gardeners, skiiers, bush pilots, filmmakers, fishermen, and assorted eccentrics who could have only come from British Columbia. Through it all, CBC Radio 1's BC Almanac has documented BC life in all its various forms. British Columbia Almanac, written and compiled by host Mark Forsythe, provides a fun, informative, and captivating snapshot of the province and its habitues. Chapters are devoted to each season of the year in BC. For example, "Summer" will include barbecue recipes, hidden hiker trails, cougar attack tales, best roadside diners, and favourite campsites; "Winter" will include recipes for soups and stews, skiing trivia, winter survival stories, and Christmas in BC anecdotes. There will be essays by regular BC Almanac contributors such as gardener Brian Minter, historian Jean Barman, and outdoors expert Jack Christie--all of them accomplished authors in their own right--as well as personal anecdotes and photographs from the program's listeners located in all parts of the province, reporting on life in their neck of the woods. Scattered throughout are various BC trivia and facts, as well as behind-the-scenes tales of the show itself, a fixture on CBC Radio 1 since the 1980s. Two-colour throughout; includes numerous photographs and illustrations.
Author : W. Wymond Walkem
Publisher : Vancouver, B.C. : News-Advertiser
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Stories of Early British Columbia written by W. Wymond Walkem and published by Vancouver, B.C. : News-Advertiser. This book was released on 1914 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronald Cameron
Publisher : Pesda Press
ISBN 13 : 1906095086
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Tall Stories written by Ronald Cameron and published by Pesda Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy Jackson's death in December 2004 robbed the Scottish outdoor scene of an extraordinary personality. In this celebration of a truly inspirational life we follow Andy on kayaking adventures in Norway, Nepal, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Iceland, Turkey, Chile and of course his native Scotland. Stories and articles from Andy himself, his friends and family recount his adventures with all the joie de vivre he showed; as a campaigner, kayaker, skier and paraglider. From his scrapes with the 'Polis' and authorities to his worldwide catalogue of first descents. Above all Andy will be remembered for his ability to befriend and inspire everyone he met.
Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135578788
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)
Download or read book American Folklore written by Jan Harold Brunvand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-24 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority
Author : Moira Marsh
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 0874219841
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Practically Joking written by Moira Marsh and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Practically Joking, the first full-length study of the practical joke, Moira Marsh examines the value, artistry, and social significance of this ancient and pervasive form of vernacular expression. Though they are sometimes dismissed as the lowest form of humor, practical jokes come from a lively tradition of expressive play. They can reveal both sophistication and intellectual satisfaction, with the best demanding significant skill and talent not only to conceive but also to execute. Practically Joking establishes the practical joke as a folk art form subject to critical evaluation by both practitioners and audiences, operating under the guidance of local aesthetic and ethical canons. Marsh studies the range of genres that pranks comprise; offers a theoretical look at the reception of practical jokes based on “benign transgression”—a theory that sees humor as playful violation—and uses real-life examples of practical jokes in context to establish the form’s varieties and meanings as an independent genre, as well as its inextricable relationship with a range of folklore forms. Scholars of folklore, humor, and popular culture will find much of interest in Practically Joking.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Canadian Book Review Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1020 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Canadiana written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ernie Thiessen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (465 download)
Download or read book Tall Tales Make 13 Short Stories written by Ernie Thiessen and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Whole Story, the character collects holes. The Matilda Story, is about a female Beluga Whale falls in love with a Mackenzie river sturgeon, Stanley. They have many offspring, many of which mate with other ocean creatures. Such as Octopi, moray eels, and such. Producing what people think of as monsters. This is their story. The Lost Creatures, are critters such as Shovel Nosed Sidehill Gougers, Wumpole Cats, and Mukkits. Why there are no more of these critters. Zeros. These characters attempt to steal all the zeros from computers around the world. It is amazing what this couple accomplish. Unicorns story how i see them. The Reverend Mr. Black is a mean horse. The Out House is a story why an outhouse was built without a honey hole below. The 8 Cent Trip. Our character leaves Dawson City in the Yukon and hitch hikes down the Alaska Highway around 1949, to Surrey in southern British Columbia, Canada. In the Dark. Our Character has to cope without electricity, heat, or water after a blizzard rips through a village in North Western British Columbia in minus 20 degree temperatures for ten days. Down by the River. Kids living beside the Fraser River during the 1930's, and 1940's . Oolic'ans in Fishery Bay. How Indigenous people catching these small fish and the production of the valuable fish oil. The 12 kilometer Reverse. The transmission breaks down in their vehicle, leaving the Mother, Father and two children stranded in a small village on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Oh Johnny. Johnny is a Con artist, a scoundre, l a Casanova with women, does not like to stay committed to women. He ends up in jail for short stays, such as six months to almost two years for fraud and other illegal activities. He is an excellent cabinet maker and carpenter, but just cannot make the commitment for steady employment. He loses interest unless it is a scam. He is a real artist of landscapes and portraits. But soon loses interest
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The British Columbia Genealogist written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
