Is a story history?
“This book is a story about the past. History, of course, contains the word ‘story.’ History was for so long his story whereas this one is her story. It is the story of Florence Wilson, a woman who lived much of her life in a man’s world. But here is the thing, if history is a story does that mean that a story is history? Let’s see.” Robin Fisher reviews Bloomsbury to Barkerville: The Life of Florence Wilson, by Marion McKinnon Crook (Victoria: Heritage House Publishing, 2026) $26.95 / 9781772035643