One River, Two Cultures: A History of the Bella Coola Valley

One River, Two Cultures is a well-researched history told in an accessible, conversational style from the point of view of a visitor utterly swept away by the natural beauty of the Bella Coola Valley and the friendliness of its full-time residents.

Paula Wild has written for British Columbia Magazine, Reader's Digest, the Vancouver Sun, Mariner Life and the Victoria Times-Colonist. She was awarded the BC Historical Federation Certificate of Merit in 1996 for her book Sointula: Island Utopia. She lives in Courtenay, BC.

"When Paula Wild first visited the Bella Coola Valley, she was swept away by the place's natural beauty and by the friendliness of its full-time residence...Tracing the history of the valley from its First Nations roots to its colonization by Norwegians in the late 1800s, right up to the area's present economic and political struggles, Wild's book examines how an isolated location was shaped by its inhabitants."
--Shannon Cowan, "Times Colonist"
"A superbly crafted regional history."
--"Wisconsin Bookwatch"
"One River, Two Cultures is eminently readable... It is a fine introduction to an isolated BC community with a very long history."
--Patricia E. Roy, "BC Studies"