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June 4, 2012

New Royal BC Museum Bestseller Takes History to the Skies



VICTORIA, BC - In the new British Columbia bestseller, Furrows in the Sky: The Adventures of Gerry Andrews, published this month by the Royal BC Museum, historian Jay Sherwood chronicles the life of a man whose pioneering work in aerial photography left an indelible mark on the development of British Columbia.

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Gerry Andrews’ airborne imagery dramatically changed forestry in BC in the late 1930s and assisted the Allies in the D-Day landings that helped end the Second World War in Europe.



>From humble beginnings as a rural BC school teacher, Andrews later reached many provincial milestones as a forester and a surveyor. As British Columbia’s longest-serving surveyor general from 1951 to 1968, he supervised the mapping of the province’s largest engineering projects, often using aerial photography. Andrews died in 2005 at the age of 102.



In Furrows in the Sky, Sherwood tells the story of this man’s extraordinary life, based on his personal correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and diaries, interviews with people who knew him, and articles written by and about him. The book includes an outstanding collection of photographs of remote parts of British Columbia taken by Andrews during his work.



Referring to his work as “ploughing photographic furrows up and down the sky,” Andrews travelled to every corner of BC and is regarded as a legend among surveyors. Well-liked by colleagues in the field, he was a genuine trailblazer who, according to Sherwood, always arrived with a kind word and a red flannel sock containing a bottle of hooch.


Sherwood will take this compelling biography across the province with an illustrated presentation about Gerry Andrews at the following dates and locations (check for times at each venue):



Thursday, June 7 - Williams Lake, Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin

Friday, June 8 - Quesnel & District Museum

Monday, June 11 - Vanderhoof Public Library

Tuesday, June 12 - Granisle Public Library

Tuesday, June 12 - Burns Lake Public Library

Wednesday, June 13 - Fraser Lake Public Library

Thursday, June 14 - Prince George Public Library

Friday, June 15 - Fort St. James Public Library

Tuesday, June 19 - McBride & District Public Library

Tuesday, June 19 - Valemount Public Library

Thursday, June 21 - Hudson’s Hope Public Library

Sunday, June 24 - Fort St. John, North Peace Museum

Monday, June 25 - Fort Nelson Heritage Museum

Saturday, June 30 - Atlin Centre



Furrows In The Sky: The Adventures of Gerry Andrews

Author: Jay Sherwood

Publisher: Royal BC Museum

Price: $19.95
Release: May 15, 2012
Paperback, 240 pages
100 b/w Photographs
ISBN 978-0-7726-6522-5

Order from Heritage Group Distribution.

www.hgdistribution.com / 1-800-665-3302



[cid:image007.jpg at 01CD423B.417E1CA0]About the Author

Jay Sherwood is the author of three books about another legendary land Surveyor, Frank Swannell, two published by the Royal BC Museum: Surveying Central British Columbia and Return to Northern British Columbia. He lives in Vancouver.



Jay Sherwood atop Trachyte Ridge in September 2011. The highest point on the ridge behind him is Mount Gerry Andrews. (Stefan Himmer photograph.)







About the Royal BC Museum

As the provincial museum and archives, the Royal BC Museum preserves and shares the stories of British Columbia - on-site, off-site and online - through its research, collections, exhibitions, publications and educational programs. Its two-hectare cultural precinct in Victoria also includes a number of historically significant buildings and First Nations sites; and its seasonal satellite museum gallery in Vancouver showcases BC’s history in one of the oldest buildings in Chinatown - Wing Sang.

Its publishing program has more than 40 books in print about human history, natural history, and First Nations art and culture in BC, and about its activities and exhibitions. For more information about the Royal BC Museum, visit www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca or call 1‐888‐447‐7977.


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These images and other high resolution images are available on request.



Media Contact:

Royal BC Museum Media Inquiries

250-387-3207
news at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca<mailto:news at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca>


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