The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914
The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914
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.