Boom & Bust - by Jennifer L Butler (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>A century of life in Telegraph Cove as told by the resourceful and resilient women who turned this isolated coastal village into a tight-knit community.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Telegraph Cove, one of Vancouver Island's most visited tourist destinations, has humble origins as a one-shack telegraph station, established a century ago. The community grew, first with a salmon saltery and sawmill, then with new industries developed by the ingenuity of the Cove's inhabitants. From the 1920s, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, German, Danish, Italian, and English community members, along with other old and new Canadians, were neighbours in a place accessible only by boat.</p> <p>In this book, more than 25 women tell their own stories and memories of life in the Cove. They faced down the impacts of isolation, hazardous terrain, war, occupation, immigration, internment, social change, economic development, community decline, and environmental degradation--remarkable, given that Telegraph Cove's population peaked at 60. From these lives come stories of resilience, resourcefulness, heartbreak, humour, and triumph. <i>Boom and Bust</i> draws the reader in for an intimate view, accompanied by never-before-published archival photographs.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>The impact of women on resource-based communities is often overlooked. <em>Boom & Bust</em> seeks to balance the scales by including stories of over twenty-five women who lived in the Cove during the last one hundred years. Their contributions to Telegraph Cove resulted in a distinct sense of community and reveal much about the experience of living in an isolated area . . . . Jennifer Butler assembled the history of Telegraph Cove by situating women in leading roles, highlighting their resilience, anguish, and joy. These women and their families dealt with isolation and community decline but were not beyond the reach of economic depression and the effects of war. <em>Boom & Bust</em> honestly and authentically chronicled the history of Telegraph Cove.</p>-- "BC History"<br><br><p>Undeniably a wonderful read, and the photographs are outstanding.</p>-- "The Ormsby Review"<br>
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