On the rocks with Jack Knox: islanders I will never forget

✍ Scribed by Jack Knox

• Book ID: 100603066
• Publisher: Heritage House
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 766 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: British Columbia--Vancouver Island., Vancouver Island (B.C.), Victoria
• ISBN: 1772032670

✦ Synopsis

Intro; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Yuquot; The Good Deed That Went Around the World; Cookies with Hitler; Skating Across Canada; Alban Michael; Defender of the Deer; Addiction; The Revolving Door; Julie and Colin Angus; The Fort Street Refugees; Glass Ball Fever; Rudi; Bonsai Bob; The Veterans; No News Is Good News; Bondo; Sarah Beckett; Mei Lee; Inseparable; Reclaiming the Past; Don Catterall; Light of My Life; Nathalia Buchan; The Pender Island Woodchoppers; Pat Carney; Millennium Bomber; Chez Monique; A Bridge Too High; Sweett 100; The Last Word; Acknowledgements; Index.;"From bestselling author and beloved columnist Jack Knox comes a new collection of unforgettable true stories about the people who shape the unique culture of Vancouver Island and its surrounding areas. Full of humanity, heart, and sometimes humour, On the Rocks with Jack Knox celebrates ordinary people who have extraordinary stories to tell. From Alban Michael, the last person on Earth to speak Nuchatlaht, to Diana Deans, the Port Angeles customs inspector who caught the Millennium Bomber, to Victoria's Rudi Hoenson, who survived a Japanese labour camp and the atomic bomb at Nagasaki to become one of the happiest souls you'll ever meet, the people in this fascinating volume represent all walks of life. Elders, heroes, criminals, and oddballs are all worthy subjects in the world of Jack Knox."--

✦ Subjects

British Columbia -- Vancouver Island