Gabriel Dumont is an iconic figure in Métis and Canadian history. In the popular imagination, he is well known for leading the Métis forces during the 1885 Resistance, and for being a renowned bison hunt leader, a Wild West show...
Saskatchewan Book Awards 2012
The Saskatchewan Book Awards recognize, celebrate, and reward the excellence of Saskatchewan writers and publishers, building greater awareness of Saskatchewan books. These awards have a solid reputation for celebrating artistic excellence, and are recognized nationally. For more information, please visit the Saskatchewan Book Awards website.
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Author:Prefontaine, Darren RSummary: - Author:McManus, Curtis RSummary:
'Dirty Thirties' is the sobriquet commonly applied to the agricultural crisis in the drylands of southern Saskatchewan in Canada that coincided with the Great Depression. This title contends that the 'Dirty Thirties' actually began much...
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
Twelve-year-old cousins Alice and Sophie are a study in contrasts. Alice is tall and athletic with brunette hair, she lives in Montreal with just her dad, and she's a figure skater with a lot of talent and a bit of an attitude. Sophie...
- Author:Dueck, AdeleSummary:
It's 1908, and twelve-year-old Erik faces the challenges of adapting to pioneer life on the Canadian prairie and understanding what's really going on in his family.
Erik never wanted to leave his grandfather's farm, and the...
- Author:Poirier, ThelmaSummary:
Thelma Poirier writes of the land and its inhabitants – plant, animal, and human – in vivid and loving detail, with deep feeling and authenticity. In poetry that is spare, strong, and unsentimental, she describes the rancher’s life, a...
- Author:Johnson, HaroldSummary:
Ben Robe is a retired political science professor who has returned to his reserve at Moccasin Lake, Saskatchewan, to live out his life in relative peace and solitude. But the complications of a sudden and intense US annexation of Canada...
- Author:Park, JeffSummary:
This striking volume effortlessly draws the reader in, exhaling the vitality of music greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Miles Davis and many more. Here is a book for both jazz fans and poetry readers as it pays...
- Author:McDonald, AnneSummary:
Alex was in harmony with the water. He taught himself to swim and liked working the sea but always yearned for something more. His brother Reggie despised it all and yearned to escape. Mercy Coles lived in high society and yearned for...
