Douglas mcintyre saskatoon (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: FINE. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VERY GOOD. Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight. New archival mylar dj cover. 8vo 188 pages. History of prairie settlement in western Canada, drawing on photographs and personal accounts to trace how immigrants made the prairies their home. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; Immigrants to Canada who found themselves on unfamiliar terrain had a most difficult adjustment, both physical and spiritual, and those who settled on the Canadian prairies encountered an environment stranger than most. This book begins with an estimate of immigrants' expectations of the new land and ends with an assessment of their attempts to make a home of it. It is suggested that the prairie is perhaps too austere an environment for the common sensibility ever to absorb completely. Certainly, it is a landscape that overwhelms the newcomer and haunts the native, however far he may wander, for a lifetime.…