The land of open doors : being letters from western Canada, 1911-13 /

The letters collected in this volume preserve the vivid and thoughtful impressions of a young man who came to western Canada in the early twentieth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bickersteth, John Burgon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, Ã1976.
Colección:Social history of Canada ; 29.
Temas:
Bickersteth, John Burgon.
Bickersteth, John Burgon
Frontier and pioneer life > Alberta.
Vie des pionniers > Alberta.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Frontier and pioneer life
Travel
Alberta > Description and travel.
Alberta > Description and travel
Alberta > Descriptions et voyages.
Alberta
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An introduction
  • Foreword / Grey.
  • In Mid-Atlantic
  • Westwards from Montreal
  • First experience of western trails
  • Breaking new ground
  • Settlers at home
  • New citizens of Canada
  • A great city
  • Along the new Transcontinental
  • Lumber camps
  • Head of steel, and beyond
  • Railway construction camps
  • In central Alberta
  • Needs and experiments
  • Appendix: Summary for Canada of all religions in 1911, compared with 1901.

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