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  title info:
    title: Bloomsbury to Barkerville
    sub title: the life of Florence Wilson
  title info:
    title: Life of Florence Wilson
  name:
    name part: Crook, Marion
    name part: 1941-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: Biographies.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: bcc
    date issued: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 271 pages : maps ; 23 cm
  abstract: "From the literary circles of Charles Dickens to gold-rush saloons in the Cariboo, this remarkable true story chronicles the fascinating life and intrepid spirit of Florence Wilson (1823-1902). In 1862, thirty-nine-year-old Florence Wilson embarked on the SS Tynemouth, a so-called brideship destined for the Colony of British Columbia. She was one among sixty women, most much younger than Wilson, who were travelling halfway around the world to become the wives of gold miners seeking their fortunes in the Cariboo gold rush. But unbeknownst to her fellow passengers, Florence had no intention of marrying; she was there to pursue her own fortune. By the time she set sail on the Tynemouth, Florence had already experienced more of life than most women and men twice her age. She had grown up as part of the gentry in central London's Bloomsbury district, had become a published poet as a young woman, and moved in the same literary circles as Charles Dickens. After being cheated of her inheritance, she fell into debilitating poverty. She eventually found work as a governess in imperial Russia, only to be shipwrecked and robbed of her meagre savings, leaving her with few options, until news of a gold rush in Western Canada and a ship full of single women gave her an idea--and an opportunity to change her life. Bloomsbury to Barkerville is the incredible true tale of an intrepid, ambitious woman. From poet to prospector to entrepreneur, Florence is best remembered in the frontier mining town of Barkerville, BC, as a saloon owner and founder of the Theatre Royale. She was the heart of the community, bringing entertainment and culture to a town almost entirely inhabited by transient male miners. In Barkerville, her fortunes rose, fell, and literally went up in flames in the great fire of 1868. But she always rebuilt and regrouped. Eventually Florence--with new husband and child in tow--departed the Cariboo for California, ultimately returning to literary life in San Francisco befo…
  note: Marion McKinnon Crook.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-cn-bc
    geographic code: e-ur---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Wilson, Florence
      name part: 1823-1902
  subject:
    geographic: Barkerville (B.C.)
    temporal: 19th century
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Women
    geographic: British Columbia
    geographic: Barkerville
    temporal: 19th century
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Frontier and pioneer life
    geographic: British Columbia
    geographic: Barkerville
    temporal: 19th century
  subject:
    topic: Women poets, English
    temporal: 19th century
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Poets, English
    temporal: 19th century
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Governesses
    geographic: Russia
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Bar owners
    geographic: British Columbia
    geographic: Barkerville
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Poètes anglais
    temporal: 19e siècle
    genre: Biographies
  subject:
    topic: Gouvernantes
    geographic: Russie
    genre: Biographies
  subject:
    topic: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
  classification: F1089.C3 W55 2026
  classification: 971.1/75
  classification: cci1icc
  identifier: 9781772035643
  identifier: 1772035645
  identifier: 9781772035650
  record info:
    record content source: NLC
    record creation date: 250820
    record change date: 20260630150044.4
    record identifier: in00005787787
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng