At a glance: - Author: Edward Hoagland - First Published: 1969 -
Type of Work: Travel writing/diary - Time of Work: June 2 to
August 3, 1966 - Setting: British Columbia - Genres: Nonfiction,
Travel writing, Diary - Subjects: History, Voyages, Nature,
Nineteenth century, Mountain life, Lifestyles, Frontier or
pioneer life, Exploration or explorers, Wildlife Form and
Content In the summer of 1960, Edward Hoagland and his wife
lived in Hazelton, British Columbia, a remote village on the
Skeena River, where Hoagland heard stories of an even more
isolated town named Telegraph Creek. Telegraph Creek originated
one hundred years earlier, when a plan to string telegraph wire
from New York to London the long way required outposts along the
route. The line was hung as far as Telegraph Creek when the
transatlantic cable connected New York and London the short way;
thus, spools of unused wire were left to rust, and the
population of Telegraph... (The entire page is 2968 words.) Want
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