Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians 9781550175813

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Автор: Tom Hawthorn
Название: Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians
ISBN: 9781550175813
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
Классификация:

Биографии: общее жизнеописание

Автобиографии: общее жизнеописание

Генеалогия, геральдика, звания, знаки отличия, награды

ISBN-10: 1550175815
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 240
Вес: 0.48 кг.
Дата издания: 05.12.2012
Серия: Biography
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: B/w photos
Размер: 231 x 166 x 17
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Ключевые слова: Autobiography: general
Подзаголовок: Obits of memorable british columbians
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: For over a decade, the Globe and Mail has featured comprehensive obituaries of notable British Columbians by columnist Tom Hawthorn. He recounts the lives of the recently departed in an engaging style, finding anecdotes to illuminate personality, giving voice to those who no longer have one. These stories are not about death, but about life in all its sad, funny, exhilarating complexity. Gathered here are the best, the funniest, the most memorable of the passing parade of characters who make life in British Columbia so remarkable. Here are athletes and authors, warriors and scholars, innovators and trailblazers. You will meet the boxer Baby Face and a wrestler known as Mean Gene; the yodelling cowboy singer Alberta Slim and a geologist called Professor Midas; the last living member of the RCMP posse that tracked down the Mad Trapper of Rat River and a demon barber whose preferred murder weapon was alcohol. You will go tracking with the Cougar Lady of Sechelt, lift weights with the Worlds Strongest Man, and wince from the blows of police truncheons used against labour leader Steve Brodie on Bloody Sunday, much of the blood spilled that day his own. You also will meet politicians of all stripes (including prison stripes). Hawthorn bids adieu to a panoply of characters in obits that are colourful and touching. The exuberance of his writing makes this book one of the great non-fiction reads of the season.

Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians, Tom Hawthorn