On the Street Where You Live, Volume Two
Heritage House
Description
Welcome to this second book in Danda Humphreys’ "Street"
trilogy. In 1999, On the Street Where You Live: Pioneer Pathways
of Early Victoria sold out its first printing in three weeks. By early
spring local booksellers were declaring it their best selling Victoria
book ever! Now in its 28th week on the Times-Colonist best seller
list, Volume I has established an eager audience for Volume II.
Ever since she moved to Victoria, Danda has been intrigued by the
stories behind the city’s street names and by the people who lived
on those streets. Her weekly newspaper column on the subject is a
Times Colonist "Islander" favourite. Now Danda ranges farther
afield to include stories of the early rail lines of the Saanich
Peninsula and the roads that connected the original city core to
today’s suburbs.
Humphreys’ accounts go beyond standard textbook information
and are enlivened with gossip and unusual details ... a good one to
add to the Christmas list for friends living here and elsewhere, and
for the wonderful peek into the past that it provides.
Tracy O’Hara, Times Colonist.
About the Author
When she's not being Anne Hathaway (at the Olde England Inn’s Anne Hathaway’s Cottage) or Emily Carr (at Emily Carr House), Danda Humphreys is a heritage tour guide, storyteller, researcher, actress, public speaker, writer, and editor. Her column on the history of Victoria street names appears in the Victoria Times Colonist Islander section every Sunday. Her column is read by 97% of Sunday readers.
