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Skaha: An Okanagan Story Vol. 2

by Elizabeth Pryce; Edited by Jill Veitch

267 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-1120; ISBN 1-4120-6219-5; US$22.36, C$27.95, EUR19.00, £13.50

Skaha is Okanagan historical fiction, the second of a trilogy. Sternwheelers, freighting, ranching, and orchards depict development of the valley. Ambition, hardship and romance in early pioneering described.

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About the Book

Skaha is the second volume in Elizabeth Pryce's adventurous trilogy of historical fiction set in the Southern Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Skaha Crossing, a settlement built by three generations of the McAllister family through the 19th century, receives new life in the Llewellyns, a young, tenacious couple who emigrate from Wales.

Arriving in Canada in 1887, Albert and Sydney Llewellyn attempt to settle in rural Ontario, but the lure of adventure and gold takes them west. Their journey is a chronicle of early settler life following wagon routes travelled by hundreds of pioneers crossing the vast Canadian prairie through the virtually impassable Rocky Mountains.

The Llewellyns land at Skaha Crossing, leading the settlement into an era of sternwheelers and freighting, mining, ranching, orcharding and the early development of the South Okanagan. The two families struggle toward conflicting goals in both love and life. Two Way, the wise Okanagan Indian who, with the first McAllister, built the original settlement, continues to be a strong link to the settlement's past and a sage witness to its future.

"With her lifelong knowledge of the Okanagan Valley and its wheel of life, Pryce has blended historical fact with intriguing fiction to create excitement and adventure. With utmost sensitivity she writes of the early pioneers, their passionate affairs, of true love and marriage combined with a gradual friendship and understanding of two cultures."
Margaret Ann Hayes
Author, Publisher

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About the Author

A granddaughter of early Okanagan Falls pioneers, Elizabeth Pryce has channelled her interest in history into vivid fictional novels.

Throughout the past 25 years, Pryce has authored several short histories in Okanagan history, published by the Okanagan Historical Society. She has written historical articles for the South Okanagan Review and assisted with local history for Skookum Publications. Skaha is the second volume in her trilogy of Okanagan historical fiction.

With her husband, John Bork, Elizabeth moved to White Lake in 1979, where she continues to enjoy writing fiction.

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