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Julia - by Michael Kluckner (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A novelist, journalist, socialite, botanist, explorer, and World War I ambulance driver, Julia Henshaw was a unique and colourful personality.
- About the Author: Michael Kluckner's illustrated books have included a memoir on farming, a sketchbook of Canada's cultural landscapes and detailed histories of British Columbia, Vancouver and Toronto.
- 132 Pages
- Comics + Graphic Novels, Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis
A novelist, journalist, socialite, botanist, explorer, and World War I ambulance driver, Julia Henshaw was a unique and colourful personality. This graphic biography follows her eventful life from Montreal to Vancouver, from Banff to London, and from the mining towns of BC's Kootenays to the battlefields of France and Belgium. Her strongly expressed views of women's roles and voting rights, of racial and class issues, and of Canada's relationship to Great Britain and the US are an illuminating contrast with the values of her contemporaries, and with society today.
Review Quotes
"Thoroughly modern, independent woman - a novelist, journalist, amateur botanist, explorer and proud British imperialist.... After searching unsuccessfully for personal journals, Michael Kluckner turned to the graphic novel format to tell the story."
--Mark Forsythe "BC History magazine"About the Author
Michael Kluckner's illustrated books have included a memoir on farming, a sketchbook of Canada's cultural landscapes and detailed histories of British Columbia, Vancouver and Toronto. Julia is his third graphic novel. He lives in Vancouver with his wife Christine Allen and volunteers as President of the Vancouver Historical Society.