Between 1891 and 1924, D'Arcy Island, near Victoria, B.C., was a prison for a society of outcasts. The press called them "The Unfortunates." Why? They had leprosy and they were Chinese. Their only contact with the outside world was a supply ship that came every three months to drop off food, opium and coffins.
Follow one "unfortunate," Lim Sam, on his journey from China to Victoria to Nanaimo, and finally to D'Arcy Island, where this little society cared for each other, planted their gardens, and dreamed of going home.
They lived and died unquoted and unrecorded. That they lived is acknowledged only by fifteen unmarked graves on a tiny island in Haro Strait. It is the author's hope that this book returns a measure of value to their lives.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-173)
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 362.1/96998/00971128
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-bc
- ISBN
- 0920663737 9781459331631
- LCCN
- RC154.55.C32
- LCCN Item number
- D378 2000eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- DLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (176 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00604565 (OCoLC)605725564 (CaOOCEL)419953
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- DLC
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Foreword 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Introduction 14
- Prologue 18
- Chapter One: Alone: Without the Camp 42
- Chapter Two: Island of Death 58
- Chapter Three: Moans of a Lost Soul 94
- Chapter Four: Ordinary Ideas of Humanity 124
- Chapter Five: A Look Back 138
- Epilogue 165
- Endnotes 166
- Bibliography 172
- Index 176
- A 176
- B 176
- C 176
- D 176
- E 176
- F 176
- G 176
- H 176
- J 176
- L 176
- M 177
- N 177
- O 177
- P 177
- R 177
- S 177
- T 177
- V 177
- W 177