Rags to Riches - MacDonald, Walter Bruce
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Richard " Ritchie" and Norman Nelson were born in Norway and immigrated with their parents to Canada in 1909, where they joined two older Nelson brothers already established on the Fraser River in Sunbury, BC. By age thirteen, Ritchie was crafting gill-nets from discards and fishing the Fraser. In 1929, he and Norman co-founded Nelson Bros. Fisheries, an operation that by the 1950s stretched from the west coast of Vancouver Island to Alaska. With endless energy and boundless bravado, Ritchie and Norman grew Nelson Bros. into a highly successful enterprise, complete with a large fleet of…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Richard " Ritchie" and Norman Nelson were born in Norway and immigrated with their parents to Canada in 1909, where they joined two older Nelson brothers already established on the Fraser River in Sunbury, BC. By age thirteen, Ritchie was crafting gill-nets from discards and fishing the Fraser. In 1929, he and Norman co-founded Nelson Bros. Fisheries, an operation that by the 1950s stretched from the west coast of Vancouver Island to Alaska. With endless energy and boundless bravado, Ritchie and Norman grew Nelson Bros. into a highly successful enterprise, complete with a large fleet of gill-netters, packers, reduction plants, and canneries that processed salmon, herring, halibut, and crab. In an industry that by the 1930s was conservative and corporate, Ritchie and Norman stayed extremely close to their fishermen and shore workers, working tirelessly with and for them-- a stance that earned them loyalty, admiration, and even devotion. Champions of all fishermen and cannery workers, Norman and Ritchie were honoured by First Nations. The Tlingit recognized Ritchie as " Big Fin", an allusion to the killer whale or " the one that tells everybody else what to do." In this unique story of grit, ambition, and respect, MacDonald and Stuart Nelson, a grandson of Ritchie, delve into the history of one of BC's most successful fishing enterprises.
Autorenporträt
Stuart Nelson is a grandson of Nelson Bros. Fisheries co-founder Ritchie Nelson and the son of former Nelson Bros. president Bill Nelson. The fishing industry is in Stuart's blood and after holding senior management positions at B.C. Packers he is today the principal of Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd, a management consulting firm offering specialized expertise to the west coast seafood industry and other businesses. Since 1998 Stuart's firm has completed over one hundred and thirty projects for clients in the private sector, government agencies, First Nations, and environmental and non-profit organizations. Walter Bruce MacDonald is a historian, novelist, poet, and teacher. He was born in New Westminster, B.C. and received his BA in English Literature from the University of Victoria and his MA in Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia. In 2011, Caitlin Press published The Good Hope Cannery: Life and Death at a Salmon Cannery, his highly regarded Rivers Inlet history book. In 2013, Caitlin published his acclaimed history of Canadian lacrosse, Salmonbellies vs. The World: The Story of the Most Famous Team in Lacrosse and Their Greatest Rivals. MacDonald is also the winner of THIS Magazine's Poetry Award for Best Poem and has published numerous books of fiction.