Name: Slumach's Gold
Brand: Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)
SKU: 9781894974356
Price: 15.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

Slumach's Gold

In Search of a Legend

By (author): Rick Antonson, By (author): Brian Antonson, By (author): Mary Trainer

Published by Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)

Temporarily Out-of-Stock Available to Pre-order

£15.99

Published: 02-Oct-2007
ISBN: 9781894974356

Paperback
160 Pages
50 b/w photos

Subjects:
Biography: general
History of other lands
Local history
Canada

Quantity

Slumach's Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada's greatest lost-mine story. It searches out the truth behind a Salish man's hanging for murder in 1891 and tracks the intriguing legend about him that grew after his death. It was a legend that turned into a drama of international fascination when Slumach--the hanged criminal--was mysteriously linked to gold nuggets "the size of walnuts." The stories claimed that Slumach had placed a curse on a hidden motherlode to protect it from interlopers and trespassers just before he plunged to his death "at the wrong end of a five-strand rope." Although many have attempted to find Slumach's gold over the past 100 years, following tantalizing clues that are part of the legend itself, none have succeeded--or have they? Rick Antonson, Mary Trainer and Brian Antonson have diligently sifted through history and myth, separating fact from fiction, but leaving the legend intact--along with the promise of gold yet to be found by some future gold seeker.

Rick Antonson was a co-founder with Brian Antonson and Mary Trainer of Nunaga Publishing in 1972. Together they published more than twenty-five books, including In Search of a Legend: Slumach's Gold, which was re-released by Heritage House in 2007. In the 1980s, Rick became vice president of the Great Canadian Railtour Company Ltd., which led to his role as president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver, a post he held until 2013. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Brian Antonson was a co-founder with Rick Antonson and Mary Trainer of Nunaga Publishing in 1972. Together they published more than twenty-five books, including In Search of a Legend: Slumach's Gold, which was re-released by Heritage House in 2007. Brian is associate dean of Broadcast and Media Communications at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Mary Trainer was a co-founder with Rick Antonson and Brian Antonson of Nunaga Publishing in 1972. Together they published more than twenty-five books, including In Search of a Legend: Slumach's Gold, which was re-released by Heritage House in 2007. Mary has been writing about British Columbia for four decades and was a communications coordinator with Metro Vancouver for twenty years. She lives in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada.