| #148945 in Books | Waveland Pr Inc | 1997-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.75 x5.50 x.75l,.80 | File type: PDF | 294 pages | ||19 of 20 people found the following review helpful.| When Dreams Collide|By Bob Newman|The Big Boys planned to build a pipeline from Alaska down to the US Midwest, bringing energy from source to consumer. The line had to cross some hundreds of miles of British Columbia, over land that had once belonged exclusively to Indians, but which had already been invaded by trappers, sport hunters, ranchers, oil and gas explorers, logger||"Eloquent." -- Kirkus s
"Privileged as few whites have been, Brody took part in several hunts during his stay. His accounts of these expeditions are stirring and dramatic . . . when he writes of Indian life, his prose sparkles." --
The Canadian subarctic is a world of forest, prairie, and muskeg; of rainbow trout, moose, and caribou; of Indian hunters and trappers. It is also a world of boomtowns and bars, oil rigs and seismic soundings; of white energy speculators, ranchers, and sports hunters. Brody came to this dual world with the job of "mapping" the lands of northwest British Columbia as well as the way of life of a small group of Beaver Indians with a viable hunting economy living in the path...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Maps & Dreams: Indians and the British Columbia Frontier | Hugh Brody.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
