Promised land : settling the west, 1896-1914

Type

Book

Authors

Pierre Berton ( Berton, Pierre )

ISBN 10

077101242X

ISBN 13

9780771012426

Tags

Western Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- History, Western Canada -- Social conditions -- History, Canada -- History -- 1867-1914, Canada - History, Western Canada -- History, Western Canada, Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Canda, Frontier and Pioneer life

Description

viii, 388 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Biblio Notes

Contents:
1. The Young Napoleon of the West
2. The Sheepskin People
3. The Spirit Wrestlers
4. Isaac Barr's Lambs
5. The Problem of the English
6. The American Invasion
7. The Passing of the Old Order
8. The Sifton Scandals
9. The Spirit of the West
10. The Dark Side of the Boosterism
11. Boom and Bust.

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