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Handsome coffee-table book featuring over 600 photographsTurner is an award-winning author of 18 books who has been writing about transportation history for over four decadesAwards include Canadian Railroad Historical Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association for State and Local History's Award of Merit and a Certificate of Honour from the British Columbia Historical FederationTurner is a curator emeritus at the Royal British Columbia Museum and has previously worked for the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Canadian Parks Service, the City of Vancouver, the Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum, the Dawson City Museum and the City of Nelson

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This book is a master work and the definitive resource for the subject. Highly recommended. --David Rahn and David R. Conn Western Mariner Magazine

""This book is a master work and the definitive resource for the subject. Highly recommended."" --David Rahn and David R. Conn ""Western Mariner Magazine ""

"""This book is a master work and the definitive resource for the subject. Highly recommended."" --David Rahn and David R. Conn ""Western Mariner Magazine """

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Robert D. Turner has been researching, photographing and writing about transportation history for over forty years. His photos have been widely published and he has written hundreds of articles and reviews. The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers is his eighteenth book. Turner has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Canadian Railroad Historical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the American Association for State and Local History’s Award of Merit. A retired heritage consultant and a curator emeritus at the Royal British Columbia Museum, Turner has travelled widely around the world photographing the last steam railways and early industries while documenting the people, places and stories of this disappearing history and culture. He lives in Victoria, BC.

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