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In this much-anticipated second volume in the Extraordinary Women
Anthology series, Diana French follows up on "Gumption and Grit"
with more stories of the women who have contributed, or who are
still contributing, to the vibrant mosaic that is the Cariboo
Chilcotin. The area has more than its share of remarkable women,
from educators to rodeo stars, doctors to playwrights,
administrators to environmentalists, artists to politicians.
In earlier days, nurse Jane Lehman, the daughter of pioneers,
traveled long, lonely miles by horseback in the West Chilcotin to
reach her patients. Jessie Pigeon was Canada's first female
Government Agent, and Gwen Ringwood was already an internationally
known playwright when she came to Williams Lake with her doctor
husband.
Later-day heroines include June Striegler, whose teaching career
has spanned over seventy years and Joan Gentles, an outstanding
courtworker, educator, and rodeo competitor. Former mayor Ethel
Winger likes to relax by prospecting for gold, and Lynette Cobb
serves the community from her wheelchair. Helen Haig-Brown is an
award-winning filmmaker, Xeni Gwet'in Chief Marilyn Baptiste stands
tall to protect her people and land from the latest gold rush.
Pharmacists Adaline and Cathie Hamm are among the mother/daughter
combos serving the community.
Diverse as they may be, the women of the Cariboo Chilcotinshare
their ability to meet all challenges head-on and do what needs to
be done with love, strength and humour.
In all of paranormal folklore, no story is more popular or common
than that of the haunted house. Author Edrick Thay has gone in
quest of some of the most enduring or extraordinary such tales and
has brought them together in this collection. Did a devil baby once
live in famed Hull House in Chicago? Does Abe Lincoln still walk
the halls of the White House? Were the strange events recorded at a
house in Amityville, New York, a hoax or an amazing example of a
powerful afterlife spirit? Do the ghosts of the infamous Donnelly
family, murdered by vigilantes, still wander their Ontario
homestead? Learn about these and dozens of other remarkable
accounts in Haunted Houses.
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