A Thousand Miles of Prairie; The Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada (Contributor George Atkinson--Review History of the Passenger Pigeon of Manitoba; Charles Napier Bell--Old Forts of Winnipeg; George Bryce--Alexander K. Isbister; George and Charles Bell Bryce--Seven Oaks; Marion Bryce--Charitable Institutions of Winnipeg; John W. Dafoe--Early Winnipeg Newspapers; Sigtryggur Jonasson--Early Icelandic Settlements in Canada; Samuel Matheson--Floods at Red River; John McBeth--Social Customs and Amusements of the Early Days in Red River Settlement; Gilbert McMicken--Abortive Fenian Raid on Manitoba; John C. Schultz--Old Crow Wing Trail; Ernest Thompson Seton--Prairie Chicken; Michael Sherbinin--Galicians Dwelling in C

Blanchard, Jim (editor) (Contributor George Atkinson: Review History of the Passenger Pigeon of Manitoba; Charles Napier Bell: Old Forts of Winnipeg; George Bryce: Alexander K. Isbister; George and Charles Bell Bryce: Seven Oaks; Marion Bryce: Charitable Institutions of Winnipeg; John W. Dafoe: Early Winnipeg Newspapers; Sigtryggur Jonasson: Early Icelandic Settlements in Canada; Samuel Matheson: Floods at Red River; John McBeth: Social Customs and Amusements of the Early Days in Red River Settlement; Gilbert McMicken: Abortive Fenian Raid on Manitoba; John C. Schultz: Old Crow Wing Trail; Ernest Thompson Seton: Prairie Chicken; Michael Sherbinin: Galicians Dwelling in Canada and Their Origins.)

ISBN 10: 0887556655 / ISBN 13: 9780887556654

Edité par University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg

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[0-88755-665-5] [2002]. (Trade paperback) Near fine. 259pp. Photographs, illustrations, map, notes, appendix. Contributors include George Atkinson (A Review History of the Passenger Pigeon of Manitoba), Charles Napier Bell (The Old Forts of Winnipeg), George Bryce (Alexander K. Isbister), George and Charles Bell Bryce (Seven Oaks), Marion Bryce (The Charitable Institutions of Winnipeg), John W. Dafoe (Early Winnipeg Newspapers), Sigtryggur Jonasson (The Early Icelandic Settlements in Canada), Samuel Matheson (Floods at Red River), John McBeth (Social Customs and Amusements of the Early Days in Red River Settlement), Gilbert McMicken (The Abortive Fenian Raid on Manitoba), John C. Schultz (The Old Crow Wing Trail), Ernest Thompson Seton (The Prairie Chicken), Michael Sherbinin (Galicians Dwelling in Canada and Their Origins) Article about. & Icelandic Settlements. Locale: ; Crow Wing Trail--Manitoba; Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Red River Settlement; Red River--Manitoba; Seven Oaks--Manitoba; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Fenian Raids, Floods, Manitoba Historical Society, Newspapers--Manitoba).

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• Titre: A Thousand Miles of Prairie; The Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada (Contributor George Atkinson--Review History of the Passenger Pigeon of Manitoba; Charles Napier Bell--Old Forts of Winnipeg; George Bryce--Alexander K. Isbister; George and Charles Bell Bryce--Seven Oaks; Marion Bryce--Charitable Institutions of Winnipeg; John W. Dafoe--Early Winnipeg Newspapers; Sigtryggur Jonasson--Early Icelandic Settlements in Canada; Samuel Matheson--Floods at Red River; John ...
• Éditeur: University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0887556655
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780887556654
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

A Thousand Miles of Prairie is a fascinating look at Manitoba's early boom years (1880-1910) through the eyes and words of some of the most interesting personalities of early Winnipeg. This collection brings together 14 pieces from the first decades of the Manitoba Historical Society, when its lectures were attended by the province's political and cultural elite. Jim Blanchard has chosen selections that give us a vivid taste of the diversity of intellectual life in turn of the century Manitoba. Besides writings by early historians such as George Bryce and Charles Bell, he includes a paper by the young Ernest Thompson Seton, who writes about his attempts to raise prairie chickens. There is also a description of the last passenger pigeons found in Manitoba. The collection includes lively personal reminiscences, such as Gilbert McMicken, Canada's first spymaster, talking about foiling a Fenian raid on Winnipeg, and Archbishop Samuel Matheson, who tells about his boyhood adventures in the great Red River floods of the 1860s.

À propos de l'auteur

Jim Blanchard is a retired academic librarian and Librarian Emeritus of the University of Manitoba. He has worked in public libraries, the library of the Canadian Grain Commission, and was the Director of Public Library Services for Manitoba.