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Bannock and Beans

a Cowboy's Account of the Bedaux Expedition
Jun 12, 2017Liber_vermis rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The subtitle for this memoir, "a cowboy's account of the Bedaux Expedition, is misleading as Bob White was not involved with the main body of the expedition. He was transporting supplies by horse to establish caches for the advancing expedition. Nevertheless, this memoir is an entertaining and informative account of a way of life that has largely vanished from the Province of British Columbia - the back country horseback traveller, trapper and prospector. A pair of basic maps for the Bedaux Expedition are provided but a better map of northeastern British Columbia with place and geographic names used in the text would have helped readers; and the book lacks an index. The Bedaux party included a surveyor to map the "unexplored" territory. However, it becomes clear to the reader, quickly, that northern British Columbia, in the 1930s, was populated with traders, settlers, trappers, prospectors, and aboriginal residents - who all helped Bob White in his horse transport operations.