A collection of fascinating stories of the extraordinary and astonishing in BC's history. Daniel Marshall uncovers the stories of BC you've never heard.
The award-winning Marshall captivates readers with intriguing and unknown stories, everything from Indigenous rights to Native gold; political intrigue to daring feats; the remarkable, mysterious traveller Harry (Harriet) Collins; the forgotten origin of Canada's oldest Chinatown; mysterious artifacts and confounding tales of the obscure and mysterious.
Rigorously researched with interpretations that offer inclusive narratives while exploring surprising tales of great adventure.
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Praise for Daniel Marshall's Claiming the Land:
"The Fraser Canyon War, as it came to be called, was a conflict of cataclysmic proportions and its also one of the greatest untold stories of our time." -- Macleans Magazine
"It's one of those stories you never heard about in school. Meticulously documented, Claiming the Land belongs in libraries and schools among the history books that tell our countrys founding story. It helps fill a major gap in our historical narrative." -- Vancouver Sun
"His book dramatically changes our perspective on B.C.s origin, and on our history since then. -- The Tyee
"Marshall reminds us how everything changed for Indigenous peoples in 1858 something we continue to grapple with today." -- Bookworld
"Marshalls lucid script documents the complexities of the 1858 Gold Rush and the various confrontations between Indigenous people and gold-seeking immigrants. Recommended" -- Canadian Literature
Daniel Marshall is a fifth-generation British Columbian whose Cornish ancestors arrived in the Pacific province in 1858. He has long been a student of history and received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Victoria. He received his doctorate, first-class, from UBC with his dissertation on the Fraser River gold rush. He is currently an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Victoria and lectures in the history of British Columbia and Indigenous-newcomer relations. He has published numerous articles on British Columbia history and is the author of Those Who Fell from the Sky: A History of the Cowichan Peoples (1999, reprinted in 2007), which received a BC2000 Millennium Award. More recently, Marshall was both host and historical consultant for the documentary Canyon War: The Untold Story, televised on the Knowledge Network, APTN, and PBS, which took honours at both the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival and Worldfest 2010 (the Houston International Film Festival). As the Special Advisor on Gold Rushes to the Royal BC Museum, he acted as Chief Curator for the museums Gold Rush: El Dorado in British Columbia exhibit in 2015. In 2008, Marshall (along with Professors Hamar Foster and John Burrows of the University of Victoria) was invited by the First Nations Summit to author a new reconciliation proclamation for the province of British Columbia. He has travelled widely amongst First Nations peoples and makes his home in Victoria, B.C.
