In her acclaimed novels, Susan Vreeland has given us portraits of painting and life that are as dazzling as their artistic subjects. Now, in The Forest Lover, she traces the courageous life and career of Emily Carr, who—more than Georgia O'Keeffe or Frida Kahlo—blazed a path for modern women artists. Overcoming the confines of Victorian culture, Carr became a major force in modern art by capturing an untamed British Columbia and...

The three groups of people who are the focus of this book - the Nuu-chah-nulth, Southern Kwakiutl and Nuxalk - were chosen for several reasons. While they differ in important ways, they share similar coastlines, many common foods and technologies, and some social characteristics through casual contact and marriages.