Vanishing British Columbia
- ISBN-10
- 0774842539
- ISBN-13
- 9780774842532
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-11-01
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Author
- Michael Kluckner
Description
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, and memories from a disappearing era of the province. Vanishing British Columbia is a record of these places and the stories they tell, presenting a compelling argument for stewardship of regional history in the face of urbanization and globalization.
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