Until We Meet Again: Scouting for the CPR's Crowsnest Line - 1891 (Paperback or Softback)

Krijff, Jan

ISBN 10: 1989467466 / ISBN 13: 9781989467466

Edité par Granville Island Publishing Ltd. 1/13/2023, 2023

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Until We Meet Again: Scouting for the CPR's Crowsnest Line - 1891 1.39.

N° de réf. du vendeur BBS-9781989467466

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• Titre: Until We Meet Again: Scouting for the CPR's Crowsnest Line - 1891 (Paperback or Softback)
• Éditeur: Granville Island Publishing Ltd. 1/13/2023
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1989467466
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781989467466
• Reliure: Paperback or Softback
• État de l'article: New
• Type de livre: Book

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Synopsis

It is Amsterdam, October of 1891. Karel Boissevain, the son of a successful shipowner, suffers from severe asthma, and is persuaded by his doctor to leave the Netherlands for the fresh air of Canada. Accompanied by one of his sisters, Heleen, they board a luxury steam liner to Montreal before taking a train to Alberta, where Karel will begin work with a CPR survey crew during a cold winter in Crowsnest Pass. The siblings stay in touch with their family from across the Atlantic, swapping stories of family business and letters of support. arel has also left behind his fiance, Wil de Vos. This devastating and intensely emotional period is captured with great feeling and honesty in their letters. The future remains uncertain for all, but their connections are unbroken.

À propos des auteurs

Jan Krijff was born in the Netherlands and emigrated to Canada in 1968. He received a BA in economics from the University of Calgary and an MA in history from the University of Leiden. He has been exploring relations between Holland and Canada, especially in the relatively unexplored period between the two countries before the end of WWI. He is the author of several books on the subject and co-wrote Greetings from Canada 1884-1915 in 2013 with his wife Karen Green, which received an honorable mention from the IndieFab Awards in the USA.

Karen was born in southern Alberta and earned her BA and LLB from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She focused on labour and employment law, working with municipal governments, later providing HR training courses at various institutions. For twelve years she served as a part-time chair of review panels with the BC Mental Health Review Board. She co-wrote Greetings from Canada 1884-1915 in 2013 with her husband Jan Krijff, which received an honorable mention from the IndieFab Awards in the USA. After retiring from BC Hydro in 2012, she moved from Vancouver to the Netherlands with her husband, where she is trying to learn Dutch and other languages.