The Foreigner a Tale of Saskatchewan (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Connor, Ralph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451013663 ISBN 13 : 9781451013665

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Frontier hospitality, hard choices, and the making of a man on Canada’s edge. A sweeping tale of a late‑19th century prairie city, immigrant communities, and the people who shape a young man’s life amid danger, opportunity, and hope.

Across Winnipeg’s evolving skyline and the bustling and rough life of the Edmonton trail, characters grapple with belonging, loyalty, and the pull of a new land. The book follows a cast of hardy workers, traders, and families whose lives braid together in a climate of opportunity, hardship, and moral testing. It blends vivid frontier scenes with intimate moments of courage, kindness, and the search for a better future.

• Experience the struggles of diverse immigrant groups building new homes on the prairie.


• Meet memorable characters whose choices echo across a growing Canadian frontier.


• Follow a young man’s journey from boyhood dreams toward mature responsibility.


• Ride along the Edmonton trail and witness how community, courage, and faith shape destinies.

Ideal for readers drawn to classic frontier fiction, character-driven drama, and stories of resilience on the Canadian plains.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Western Canada there is to be seen to-day that most fascinating of all human phenomena, the making of a nation. Out of breeds diverse in traditions, in ideals, in speech, and in manner of life, Saxon and Slav, Teuton, Celt and Gaul, one people is being made. The blood strains of great races will mingle in the blood of a race greater than the greatest of them all. It would be our wisdom to grip these peoples to us with living hooks of justice and charity till all lines of national cleavage disappear, and in the Enttt of our Canadian national life, and in the Unity of our world-wide Empire, we fuse into a people whose strength will endure the slow shock of time for the honour of our name, for the good of mankind, and for the glory of Almighty God. C. W. G. WINNIPEG, CANADA, 1909.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Excerpt from The Foreigner a Tale of Saskatchewan

N Western Canada there is to be seen to-day that most fascinating of all human phenomena, the making of a nation. Out of breeds diverse in tradi tions, in ideals, in speech, and in manner of life, Saxon and Slav, Teuton, Celt and Gaul, one people is being made. The blood strains of great races will mingle in the blood of a race greater than the great est of them all.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451013663
• ISBN 13: 9781451013665
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 388
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