Vanishing British Columbia

by Michael Kluckner

Book Overview

The old buildings and historic places of British Columbia form a kind of "roadside memory," a tangible link with stories of settlement, change, and abandonment that reflect the great themes of BC's history. Michael Kluckner began painting his personal map of the province in a watercolour sketchbook. In 1999, after he put a few of the sketches on his website, a network of correspondents emerged that eventually led him to the family letters, photo albums,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774811250
• ISBN13: 9780774811255
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

A moving tribute to a vanishing world

Even as the face of British Columbia is changing, artist Michael Kluckner is capturing a vanishing region in watercolors, as best he can. Vanishing British Columbia uses words and images to examine ethnic sites and diverse roadside towns and worlds. Historic towns, houses, railways, and more are given strong social and historical treatment in a moving tribute to a vanishing world.