Frances Backhouse: 2 books
Women of the Klondike
The 15Th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Discover the compelling stories of the brave and adventurous women whose lives were forever changed by the Klondike gold rush. When the steamship Portland docked in Seattle's harbour in 1897, a group of scruffy men and women walked down the gangplank. There was nothing remarkable about them, except...
Once They Were Hats
In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
“Unexpectedly delightful reading—there is much to learn from the buck-toothed rodents of yore” (National Post).
Beavers, those icons of industriousness, have been gnawing down trees, building dams, shaping the land, and creating critical habitat in North America for at least a million...