The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Published: Aug 10, 2011
Words:
147272
Flesch:
74.77
DDC:
971.202
FAST Tags:
Frontier and pioneer life,
Social conditions,
Emigration and immigration,
Prairie Provinces,
Western Canada,
Minorities
LCC:
F1060.9
LC Genre:
Book Details
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Description:
After the pioneers described in The National Dream, The Last Spike and Klondike came the settlers — a million people who filled a thousand miles of prairie in a single generation.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Review
“There’s a vitality and life in Berton’s writing that is particularly striking after re-reading other accounts of the development of the Canadian West.” -- The Toronto Star
From the Inside Flap
After the pioneers described in The National Dream, The Last Spike and Klondike came the settlers ? a million people who filled a thousand miles of prairie in a single generation.