Printer's Devils: The Feisty Pioneer Newspaper That Shaped the History of British Columbia's Smelter City 1895-1925
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Journey back in time to the bygone era of “printer’s devils” and uncover how their influence shaped the establishment of BC’s Smelter City.
The grisly murder of a nurse, a crippling 1917 strike, death on the wartime battlefield, the 1918–19 flu pandemic—these are just some of the historic events covered in the early days of the Trail News. In Printer’s Devils, historian Ron Verzuh offers both a study of pioneer journalism and a social history of the smelter city of Trail as it grew into a s...
The grisly murder of a nurse, a crippling 1917 strike, death on the wartime battlefield, the 1918–19 flu pandemic—these are just some of the historic events covered in the early days of the Trail News. In Printer’s Devils, historian Ron Verzuh offers both a study of pioneer journalism and a social history of the smelter city of Trail as it grew into a s...






















