Aqua Vitae

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2016

ISBN-13: 9781771511902

<p class="book_description"><b><i>A rowdy, rollicking popular history that celebrates the tales of Victoria&#8217;s drinking establishments in their heyday.</i></b></p><p class="book_description">From the raunchy saloons that lined Victoria&#8217;s notorious Johnson street to the lavish high-class hotel-bars like the Driard and the Empress, <I>Aqua Vitae</i> is a collection of fascinating true stories from the days of swinging doors, smoky bars, and five-cent beers.</p><p class="book_description">Read about how the quick actions of an employee of the Bee-hive saloon saved a young Emily Carr from possible death. Discover the gruesome secret uncovered by a startled worker who was prying up the floorboards of the Omineca saloon. And find out about the grisly murder of Mike Powers, the proprietor of the Garrick&#8217;s Head, a pub that still does a thriving business today.</p><p class="book_description">Carefully researched and accompanied by 70+ archival photos, <i>Aqua Vitae</i> covers the time from when the first saloon appeared in Victoria in 1851 to 1917 when prohibition shut the party down.</p>