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Black Diamond City: The Victorian Era is the first book in Jan Peterson''s trilogy on the history of Nanaimo. Peterson traces the evolution of the city from its First Nations history to its coal industry to its becoming a diversified Victorian-era community. Using original diaries, journals, letters, ships'' logs, government records, maps, archival photographs and her own drawings, Peterson vividly brings to life both the historical events that shaped Nanaimo and its people.

Black Diamond City: Nanaimo -- The Victorian Era

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      Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/2002
      ISBN13: 9781894384513, 978-1894384513
      ISBN10: 1894384512

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      Book Synopsis
      Black Diamond City: The Victorian Era is the first book in Jan Peterson''s trilogy on the history of Nanaimo. Peterson traces the evolution of the city from its First Nations history to its coal industry to its becoming a diversified Victorian-era community. Using original diaries, journals, letters, ships'' logs, government records, maps, archival photographs and her own drawings, Peterson vividly brings to life both the historical events that shaped Nanaimo and its people.

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