The valley of youth /

The author was born in London in 1870. At the age of 16 he went to sea, sailing around the Horn to San Francisco. In 1889, he moved to British Columbia, and engaged in ranching and other occupations in the Okanagan country. In 1937, he moved to Victoria, where he wrote this, his first book.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Holliday, Charles William, 1870- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Caldwell, Idaho : Caxton Printers, 1948.
Subjects:	Okanagan River Valley (B.C. and Wash.) > Description and travel. Holliday, Charles William, > 1870- > Travel > Okanagan River Valley (B.C. and Wash.) North America > Okanagan River Valley. Okanagan River Valley (British Columbia and Washington) Canada, British Columbia > Social life and customs. Canada, British Columbia > History. Travel writing.

Table of Contents:

Pt. I. Fifty Thousand Miles. 1. Into the Golden West
2. "Frisco"
3. To England and Back Again
Pt. II. The land of My Dreams. 1. Entrance tot the Valley
2. Some Impressions of Our Indians
3. The Road to Vernon and the Village of Lansdowne
4. The Metamorphosis of Vernon
5. Vernon to the Okanagan Mission
6. The Beginnings of Kelowna
7. A Journey Down the Lake
8. "The Lower Country"
9. The Shuswap and Okanagan Railway
10. A Little Logging Camp
11. The Law, Lawbreakers and Lawmakers
12. Religion Rough and Ready
13. How We Amused Ourselves
15. "Our Lawful Occupations."