Wilderness beginnings / Rose Hertel Falkenhagen.
"Born into a comfortable middle-class German family, Paul Hertel left Germany in 1929 for a taste of adventure in the Canadian wilds before he was to settle down to run the family business. For the next five years he had the ultimate adventure: he rode the rails across Canada, homesteaded north of Burns Lake, picked fruit in the Okanagan and punched cattle in the Nicola Valley. Just after the Nazis won their first election, Paul returned to Germany. Urged by his bride-to-be, Grete, but over the protests of his family, Paul returned to BC with Grete, but as World War II approached they faced rising anti-German sentiments. Feeling uncomfortable and unwanted in the south, they moved to the wilds of northern BC where they homesteaded in the Smithers area. Wilderness Beginnings is an amazing story -- partly because it is a true one that shows how recent our frontier actually is, but also because it is a story of courage, of an individual who wouldn’t say 'enough already' and pack it in. Paul Hertel just picked himself up again and kept on." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0920576672 :
- Physical Description: 343 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Prince George, B.C. : Caitlin Press, c1997.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Hertel, Paul, 1910-1981. German Canadians > British Columbia > Biography. Immigrants > British Columbia > Biography. |
Topic Heading: | Northern BC History. Local History. |
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- 10 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Smithers Public Library | ANF 971.1004 FAL (Text) | 35101000169388 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |