her own book<\/a> on the wild flowers.\u00a0 Nonetheless, the two women stayed in contact, as both were founding members of the Alpine Club of Canada, and participated together in some of that organization\u2019s functions.\u00a0 One can only hope that their love of plants helped to mellow their professional rivalry.<\/p>\nThe author is very skilled at drawing facial expressions that bring out the emotions of his subject and her companions.\u00a0 The tension between Henshaw and Warren is far stronger as portrayed in this media than in the words I have read in other biographies.\u00a0 Other tactics used by Kluckner include interspersing newspaper clips and occasional photographs from the period.\u00a0 He even put himself in the action, seeking answers from the ghost of Henshaw when more conventional research materials failed.<\/p>\n
In one of these exchanges between author and subject, the ghost of Henshaw explains, \u201cIt works like this \u2013 you rest in peace until someone begins to fiddle with your legacy.\u00a0 That wakes you up and you get a chance to respond.\u00a0 The problem is, some biographers don\u2019t listen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Excerpted in part from Brian Thompson’s articles in the Winter 2022 and Summer 2023 issues of the Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u201cJulia\u201d is a graphic biography of Julia Henshaw (1869-1937), who published the first book on the wild flowers of the Canadian Rockies in 1906.\u00a0 This was a relatively small aspect of her colorful life and author\/illustrator Michael Kluckner chose her later role as an ambulance driver in World War I for his book\u2019s cover.<\/p>\n