| Search Antiqbook |
Ask a question or
Order this book
Browse our books
Search our books
Book dealer info
BELISLE, OLGA Children of the Homesteaders , and the Kinship between the Canadian and American Peoples , People
Vernon / Vancouver: Canho, 1981. First Edition. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9 " 0919289010 1981 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 136 pages ... illustrated with historic B&W photographs throughout ... This is the first-told story of many homesteaders ... those immigrants who moved on into the middle of Canada ... and the northern heartland of the United States ... to settle the land ... Lured by the promise of free land if they could work it ... and by the need for people to settle the wild prairies and plains on both sides of the border ... these pioneers truly broke ground in the sod ... and built houses ... often out of sod ... Those who were homesteading planted, and ploughed, and dug in in the summer , and dug out in the winter ... and tried to make a new life in this 'uninhabited' wilderness ... this sea of summer grass , and desert of winter snow ... There was a kinship between the peoples on both sides of the borders ... what wheatfield, or bird, or cow on a homestead even recognizes a border ? ... This is a true story, given in documentary - drama form ... with authentic photos of peple ... including Homesteader Orphans, in 1903 ... as well as 'archives' ... There are reproductions of government bulletins and official stories as printed in the newspapers to bring the settlers ... who came from all over England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales ... and every country in Europe ... as well as from French Canada ... to try their luck... Anyone who's family ancestors grew up in a Homestead ... or who came across from other lands ... will find this fascinating history, told in a true story form ... " Children of the Homesteaders " ... by Olga Belisle ... published by Canho Publishing, Vernon British Columbia, Canada ... in English only ... 1981 Softcover First ***. New .
Offered for US$ 39.95 by: Cavendish International Books & Music - Book number: 5685
See more books from our catalog: Canada , Canadian , Canadiana