Description
Black Diamond Town: The Victorian Era is the primary book in Jan Peterson’s trilogy at the history of Nanaimo. Peterson traces the evolution of town from its First Nations history to its coal business to its turning into a diversified Victorian-era community.
Using original diaries, journals, letters, ships’ logs, govt records, maps, archival pictures and her own drawings, Peterson vividly brings to life both the historical events that formed Nanaimo and its other people.