Letters from a Young Emigrant in Manitoba first published in 1883 and long out of print, is one of the best records of Canadian immigrant life. The letters were written by Edward ffolkes, who left England in 1880 to study at the Ontario...
Frontier and pioneer life
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Auteur:Ffolkes, EdwardSommaire: - Auteur:Langston, LauraSommaire:
Baba had made Lesia a promise: just remember the flower is not always open, but if your effort is true, your rewards will be sweet. Fifteen-year-old Lesia treasures those words as she and her family leave Baba in their Ukrainian...
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Auteur:Zimmer, MichaelSommaire:J. T. Latham is rotting in prison in the Yuma Territory penitentiary. But then Sheriff Del Buchman offers to commute his sentence if Latham helps execute a prisoner exchange with some dangerous banditos. The only catch is that he must...
- Auteur:Pervin, ArleneSommaire:
A unique collection of stories about the Kootenay Rockies gleaned from original East Kootenay and regional newspaper articles. Relying on the vernacular of the day these historical stories take the reader back to the pioneer days and...
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Auteur:Lee, NormanSommaire:The latest addition to TouchWood Editions’ Classics West Collection, Klondike Cattle Drive is the colourful tale of a formidable trek undertaken by legendary Cariboo rancher Norman Lee.In 1898, Lee set out to drive 200 head of cattle...
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Auteur:Shaw, Janet BeelerSommaire:Taking place in 1854, Kirsten's stories follow the young Swedish immigrant and her family as they attempt to start a new life on a farm in frontier Minnesota.
- Auteur:Cotton, Ralph W.Sommaire:
When Texas Bob Krey gets a hot hand in cards, his good luck sparks a gunfight. Once the smoke clears, two men are dead, including the brother of Judge Henry Bass. Now Texas Bob is an outlaw, and only Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack has the...
- Auteur:Matthiessen, PeterSommaire:
Drawn from fragments of historical fact, Matthiessen's masterpiece depicts the fortunes and misfortunes of Edgar J. Watson, a real-life entrepreneur and outlaw who appeared in the lawless Florida Everglades around the turn of the...
- Auteur:L'Amour, LouisSommaire:
Tack Gentry has been away for a year when he returns to the familiar buildings of his uncle John Gentry's G Bar ranch. To his amazement, the ranch has a new owner, who is unimpressed when Tack explains that his uncle was a Quaker, didn'...
- Auteur:Heit, JasonSommaire:
In Jason Heit's gritty new novel-in-stories, Prairie settlers discover that their greatest challenge in a new land is each other. Kaidenberg's Best Sons is an unvarnished view of the lives of settlers in the early days of immigration to...
- Auteur:Glover, RuthSommaire:
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Auteur:Russell, OsborneSommaire:In 1834, Osborne Russell joined an expedition from Boston, which proceeded to the Rocky Mountains to capitalize on the lucrative salmon and fur trade. Beginning at the age of twenty, he detailed the life of a trapper in his journal and...
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Auteur:Brand, Max.Sommaire:The day Jingo rode into Tower Creek, the town was busy celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The big event of the festival was a high-stakes poker game in Joe Slade's saloon with Wally Rankin holding most of the chips. But it didn't...
- Auteur:Diaz, HernanSommaire:
A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels East in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing West. Driven back again and again, he meets...
- Auteur:Carter, SarahSommaire:
Sarah Carter’s "Imperial Plots: Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies" examines the goals, aspirations, andchallenges met by women who sought land of their own. Supporters of British women...
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Auteur:Andra-Warner, ElleSommaire:The early history of the Hudson’s Bay Company comes alive in these true tales of fur-trade wars, incredible wilderness journeys, hardships and danger. Founded by the extraordinary adventurers and renegades Radisson and des Groseilliers...
- Auteur:Dawson, ReginaldSommaire:
Just a few miles north of Nelson, a settlement of predominantly British farmers was established after the turn of the century. It was in this district that Reginald Dawson- encouraged by his family, the local real estate agents, and his...
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Auteur:Mulford, Clarence, E.Sommaire:Hopalong Cassidy, the iconic western cowboy hero conceived by Clarence Mulford, was immortalized in a highly popular film series starring William Boyd from 1935-1948. A tough-talking and violent character in print, Hopalong Cassidy was...
- Auteur:Heitzmann, KristenSommaire:
Joe and Arie, a young Amish couple, try to get through their first summer on their farm with the help of Joe's younger sister Nancy and brother Steven.
- Auteur:MINIFIE, James M.Sommaire:
Based on his own boyhood experiences and the stories his father told, Minifie recounts the perils and pleasures of growing up on the Canadian prairies prior to and during the "dust bowl" period of the 1930's. He later...
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