When Ron Stewart—a coal miner’s son from the east coast of Canada—took a residency in emergency medicine in Los Angeles in 1972, emergency care was still in its infancy. First responders—often dispatched from fire departments or funeral homes, with hearses serving as ambulances—could put on bandages and perform CPR, but that was about it.Stewart took on a dual role as emergency physician and advisor (earning the nickname “Doc Hollywood”) on the popular TV series Emergency!...

The legend of the Lost Lemon Mine is one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the Canadian West. In 1870, so the story goes, two prospectors named Lemon and Blackjack found gold in the rugged mountains of southwestern Alberta or southeastern British Columbia. Shortly after, Blackjack died at Lemon`s hand. The distraught Lemon left the scene of the murder and never recovered his senses—or his gold. Despite exhaustive searches by treasure seekers and historians, the mine has never been...

It has been brought to my attention that not everyone knows what a gamekeeper really is, in fact, while going over some thoughts on the subject before I started writing, I now realize how complex and difficult this task is going to be. He is hired by the Laird, the owner of an estate, to protect all the game from predators and poachers (people who take game illegally). An estate may consist of hundreds of square miles and a few dozen farms also owned by the laird and leased to individual f...

The tumultuous rags-to-riches story of the famed O’Keefe ranching family.Founded in 1867, the Historic O’Keefe Ranch offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of an early farming community in the heart of the Okanagan Valley. The O’Keefes of O’kanagan, a welcome resource for any visitor to the site, is an in-depth look into the multiple branches and generations of the family that gave the ranch its name.When Michael O’Keefe arrived in Canada a pen...

An in-depth look at the origins and operations of a pioneering transportation company that moved people and goods across the province throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.At the height of the Cariboo Gold Rush, demand for an efficient transportation route to and from the goldfields was reaching a point of desperation. With a lack of reliable roads to traverse the vast and rugged BC landscape, delivering food, mining equipment, and mail to th...

An entertaining, fast-paced look at early ranching in British Columbia.Frontier historian Ken Mather is known for his fascinating, in-depth profiles of the men and women who established a distinctive ranching culture in Western Canada over a hundred years ago. Now, in this concise collection of stories—based on Mather’s column in the Vernon Morning Star—readers will meet even more colourful characters, gain insightful tidbits on cowboy culture, an...

Winner (second prize), 2019 British Columbia Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical WritingA revealing history of the ancient trail that served as a major transportation route between Washington and British Columbia and shaped the cultural and economic ties between the two jurisdictions.Trails are the most enduring memorials of human occupation. Long before stone monuments were created, pathways throughout the world were being ...

The Illuminati's secret plan to cull global population is placed into action by The Wolf Cub, aka, the son or clone of Adolf Hitler. Spaceboy bleeds. No'Lar awakens. The curse of the Mumy costs Bill another slice of his own self. Plus, talking skulls and Eileen makes tea! It's Modern Day Golden Age time!

The first arc of "The Curse of the Mumy" comes to a mind boggling conclusion. The Wolf Cub opens the dimensional portal and Mabus is unleashed. Mumy and his "First Team" gather en masse... As Kip the ghost boy says: "EVEN GHOST SPACE IS SHAKING!" And... as for the curse: Mumy pays a terrible price for activating the entire cast!

From the pages of the Mis-Adventures of Adam West comes a new spin-off featuring iconic sci fi actor Bill Mumy. "The Curse of the Mumy"... an original new series created and written by Bill Mumy. Read it or be sent to the cornfield. This special edition features never before seen images

Hi dittle dee dee, an actor's life for me... There's a heavy price to pay when bringing a character to life, some might even call it... a curse. Ask iconic sci fi actor Mumy, Bill (Lost In Space, Twilight Zone & Babylon 5). The Illuminati... secret Nazi moon base... the Akashic Records... a ghost boy... all this and Row Bot too. "The Curse of the Mumy"... an original new series from the pages of “Mis-Adventures of Adam West” created and written by Mumy, Bill. Read it or be sent to the corn...

As the first arc of The Curse of the Mumy continues... The Wolf Cub has captured Spaceboy and is holding him prisoner on the nazi moon base with plans to sacrifice the nobel boy astronaut in a blood ritual to summon a demon... We meet the mysterious alien mystic warrior, No'Lar... and learn that Mumy's family infiltrated the Illuminati over a century ago in hopes to thwart the present danger that threatens to wipe out millions. All this, plus Eileen makes tea!