Author: HULL, RAYMOND & OLGA RUSKIN
Title: Gastown's Gassy Jack the Life and Times of John Deighton of England, California and Early British Columbia
Description: Vancouver BC: Gordon Soules Economic Research, 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Stapled wraps. ISBN: 0919574017. Card covers creased lower spine, gift inscription inside front card cover.; A bright, solid book.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages; Until recent years, the Gassy Jack stories and the statue of him in Gastown represented only a colourful character in Vancouver's history. New evidence has proven him to be truly disreputable and the statue has been torn down but the name Gastown for that small area of Vancouver remains.. Very Good .

Keywords: 0919574017 Gassy jack Jack Deighton gastown History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs


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