Author: STUART, J.A.D. [SIGNED]
Title: The Prairie W.A. S.P. : A History of the Rural Municipality of Oakland, Manitoba
Description: Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Prairie Publishing Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Brooks, Jill. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 258 pages. 8vo. Index. Footnotes. Maps and lists of historic landowners and their holdings. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Illustrated endpapers. "A readable account of the early history of the Rural Municipality of Oakland, Manitoba, one of the most British municipalities in Manitoba. Focuses on the years 1879 to 1889 and contains pioneering anecdotes, literary selections, factual information on the problems of homesteading, threats of secession from Canada and local glimpses of such issues as the Riel Rebellion and the Manitoba School Question." - dust jacket. Above-average external wear and soiling to book. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. HACKETT (2e) 863, ARTIBISE 1202.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; R.M. Rural Municipality of Oakland, Manitoba, Wawanesa, History, settlers, Pioneers; Signed by Author(s). Fair in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: R.M. Genealogy