E-book
Heart of the raincoast a life story
Record details
- ISBN: 9781926971223
- ISBN: 1926971221
- ISBN: 1894898265
- ISBN: 9781894898263
- ISBN: 9781459331464
- ISBN: 145933146X
-
Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits - Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : TouchWood Editions, [2005?]
Content descriptions
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Genre: | Electronic books. Biography. |
Other Formats and Editions
Electronic resources
- Association of Canadian Publishers
Originally published in 1998, this updated edition has a brand-new cover and interior design, with a new foreword by Alexandra Morton.
Billy Proctor was born in 1934 and has spent his entire life in a remote coastal community called Echo Bay, BC on an island off northern Vancouver Island. Proctor has always done the time-honoured work of generations of upcoast men&;hand-logging, fishing, clam digging, repairing boats, beachcombing.
But Billy eventually began to notice that the thriving runs of Pacific salmon, oolichans, and herring that he remembers from his early years were vanishing&;some to near extinction&;and he understood that it was time to take action.
Heart of the Raincoast is the fascinating story of Billy Proctor&;s life, and the wealth of knowledge and understanding that can only be gained from living in such close proximity to nature. The writing is funny, touching and honest&;and offers an engaging insider&;s view not only of the salmon, whales, eagles and independent people who populate Canada&;s wild and lovely coastal rainforest, but on what we need to do to keep it as nature intended.
