Heritage House: 215 books
Cariboo Gold Rush
The Stampede that Made BC
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
In 1858, some 30,000 gold seekers stampeded to the Fraser River. Scores perished during the gruelling journey, but some made their fortune and many pressed on northwards to the creeks of the Cariboo. Originally compiled by Art Downs, founder of Heritage House, this is a vivid and detailed account...
by Richard Thomas Wright
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
The stories of the men and women who dug for gold on Williams Creek are told in this revised and updated edition of a Canadian bestseller.
The legendary town of Barkerville is flourishing today, just as it did more than 150 years ago, but this time under the care of professional and amateur...
George Littlechild
The Spirit Giggles Within
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
George Littlechild: The Spirit Giggles Within is a stunning retrospective of a career that has spanned nearly four decades. Featuring more than 150 of the Plains Cree artist’s mixed-media works, this sumptuous collection showcases the bold swaths of colour and subtle textures of Littlechild’s...
Haida Gwaii
Islands of the People
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Haida Gwaii, ancestral home of the Haida First Nation, was once as inaccessible and mysterious as it was beautiful. The tight cluster of islands off British Columbia’s northwest coast remained virtually untouchable for millennia, allowing its people to develop a distinct and exceptional cultural...
Country Roads of Alberta
Exploring the Routes Less Travelled
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Experience Alberta's heritage and the outdoors in Country Roads of Alberta, an intriguing photographic guidebook that takes you to places off the beaten track.
Alberta's scenery is as diverse as its topography. Fringed along its western edge by high mountains, the land descends through foothills...
Canoe Crossings
Understanding the Craft that Helped Shape British Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Often called one of the Seven Wonders of Canada, the canoe has played a particularly important role in British Columbia. This seemingly simple watercraft allowed coastal First Nations to hunt on the open ocean and early explorers to travel the province’s many waterways. Always at the crossroads...
Canadian Holy War
A Story of Clans, Tongs, Murder, and Bigotry
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Scottish nursemaid Janet Smith was the victim of a 1924 tragedy that ignited racial tension in a very young Vancouver. At the core of the issue were the mysterious circumstances surrounding Smith's death, particularly the fact that the only other adult in the house at the time was the Chinese houseboy....
The Famous Five
Canada’s Crusaders for Women’s Rights
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
A concise history of the five women who changed the course of history and brought Canadians one step closer to equality.
On August 27, 1927, five women gathered at a house on Edmonton’s Southside to sign a letter that would change the course of Canadian history. Those women were Emily Murphy,...
Come 'n' Get It
Roundup Recipes from Ranch Country
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
A wholesome and hearty collection of authentic recipes and local history from ranch country.
Come ‘n’ Get It is an authentic collection of down-home recipes and early Western Canadian ranch lore. Featuring material and recipes gathered from letters, history books, family cookbooks, and...
Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line
Portraits of Aboriginal Life in the Canadian West
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line is both an introduction to the Seattle-based photographer and a tribute to a true visionary. While Curtis’s photographs will long be his legacy, his own story is likewise compelling. Curtis built his first camera at 12 and developed that interest into a large...
The Mighty Hughes
From Prairie Lawyer to Western Canada's Moral Compass
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
An in-depth look at the life and career of retired judge and conflict-of-interest commissioner Ted Hughes, whose unflinching integrity earned him the reputation as Canada’s moral compass.
Throughout his sixty-year career, Ted Hughes has been a model of ethical conduct in the Canadian judicial...
by Dawn Sprung
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
The Legend of the Buffalo Stone is based on the history of the Blackfoot people—specifically their dependence on the buffalo and how they hunted the great animals on foot before horses were brought to North America—and is retold with the permission and under the advisement of a First Nations scholar...
by Amanda Spottiswoode
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
A rollicking wartime adventure on the BC coast.
A lot has changed in the world since Sophie, Molly, Mark, Harriet, Leticia, and Posy’s last adventure in The Silver Lining. Now it’s 1940, and the Second World War is making life back home in the United Kingdom very dangerous indeed. Although...
War on Our Doorstep: The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast
The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
In June 1942, Japanese troops occupied the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska in Alaska, the first enemy occupation of US territory since the War of 1812. For the next year a bloody conflict raged that was nearly invisible to most North Americans as Canadian and American soldiers, airmen and sailors...