George Fetherling
George Fetherling has published fifty books of fiction, poetry, and cultural commentary. He lives in Vancouver.
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George Fetherling
When Vancouver began to boom just before the First World War, it became known as a theatrical centre thanks to such people as Alexander Pantages. He was a Greek immigrant who made his fortune in the Klondike gold rush and parlayed it into one of the two biggest theatre chains in North America. His descendants (some of whom founded the city’s annual polar bear swim on New Year’s Day) are still active in West Coast show…