In 1934, in the middle of the Great Depression, millionaire Charles Bedaux spent $250,000 in an attempt to cross northern British Columbia in five motorized vehicles.
Bob White\'s reminiscences, recounted in the tradition of the cowboy storyteller, describe the.
Bannock and Beans tells the story of this extravagant failure from the perspective of one of the cowboys who worked on Bedaux\'s team.
The Bedaux Expedition ranks as one of the most audacious and unusual events in the province\'s history.
In 1934, in the middle of the Great Depression, millionaire Charles Bedaux spent $250,000 in an attempt to cross northern British Columbia in five motorized vehicles