Title & Author:

The pioneer years, 1895-1914 : memories of settlers who opened the West / Barry Broadfoot.

Publication:

Toronto ; Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976.

Description:

viii, 403 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
1. The way it was -- 2. The lure of the land -- 3. The hard land -- 4. Blizzards and bulldog flies -- 5. Golden sheaves -- 6. Man and beast -- 7. The English ... -- 8. ... and the others -- 9. Growing up on the land -- 10. Wives, widows, and whores -- 11. Ribbon of steel -- 12. About the town -- 13. Buyers and sellers -- 14. Oh, the prairie schoolhouse -- 15. Law, order, and some chicanery -- 16. Having a darn good time -- 17. Characters were everywhere -- 18. But life went on ... -- 19. Those were the days ...

ISBN:

0385099835
9780385099837

Subject:

Frontier and pioneer life Prairie Provinces.
The West, Canadian History.
The West, Canadian Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Manners and customs.
Prairie Provinces Social life and customs.
Canada (Ouest) Histoire.
Canada (Ouest) Biographies.
Provinces des Prairies Mœurs et coutumes.
Prairie Provinces.
Canada History 1867-1914.

Added entries:

Broadfoot, Barry, 1926-2003.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 81343
Call No.: PO14816 CAN; ID:85-B10822
Copy: 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 81332
Call No.: PO14816; ID:85-B10819
Copy: 1
Status: Available