Author: Edited by Anne Tempelman-Kluit. Cover illustration by Ted Harrison. Published by Whitecap Books, Vancouver, BC., 1999, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Bound with beautiful Fold-Out Covers. Size: 9.75 x 7 inch, 143 pages.
A WEST COAST CHRISTMAS is a collection of letters, diary entries, poems, recipes, and stories from those who found the spirit of Christmas amidst the isolation and hardship of pioneer life.
From the streets of Victoria and Astoria, to the tiny coastal villages of Ketchikan and Bella Bella..people celebrated the season with enduring spirit and unfailing generosity.ย ย ย
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anne Tempelman-Kluit was born in Hastings, Sussex, England in 1941, and came to Canada in 1961 on her way to Australia. She met and married her husband, a geologist, and has since lived in Canada. She accompanied him on four-month, summer excursions in the Yukon where he mapped for the Geological Survey of Canada and she cooked for the camp. While living in Whitehorse she wrote for the Whitehorse Star as a political reporter and feature writer, wrote for the Globe and Mail about life in the Yukon and raised their two daughters. As a freelance writer she has won a Western Magazine Award and a national award from the Canadian Science Writers' Association.
