GINGER. The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin

Mayse, Susan

ISBN 10: 155017018X / ISBN 13: 9781550170184

Published by Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC Canada, 1990

About this Item

This work is the story of a remarkable man, and a fascinating period in BC history. Arriving on Vancouver Island in 1910, Ginger Goodwin joined hundreds of others slaving in the hellholes of the Cumberland mines. The author combines the skills of the novelist and the historian in this gripping biography. The book contains photographs, a list of works consulted, interviews, and an index. The endpapers serve as maps. This HARDCOVER copy is clean and solid.

Seller Inventory # 021447

Bibliographic Details

• Title: GINGER. The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC Canada
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155017018X
• ISBN 13: 9781550170184
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

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Synopsis

One of British Columbia's most colorful figures was Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, a slight young English immigrant who arrived on Vancouver Island in 1910 to join hundreds of others slaving in the hellholes of the Cumberland mines. What he saw there made him one of the most effective labor leaders the province has ever seen, and led to an untimely and controversial end.

Susan Mayse combines the skills of novelist (Merlin's Web) and historian in this gripping biography of one of BC's most controversial labor figures, a hero among Vancouver Island miners and a dangerous subversive in the eyes of the authorities.

About the Author

Susan Mayse is a fourth generation Vancouver Islander who grew up on stories of the mining towns of Cumberland, Bevan, Nanaimo, and Wellington. She has written for many national and international publications including The Daily Mail, The Toronto Star, and The Malahat Review. She is also the author of a prizewinning novel, Merlin's Web and Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin, a BC Bestseller and winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for True Crime and the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. She is the daughter of the late journalist and author Arthur Mayse.