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Scoundrels Dreamers Second Sons
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Scoundrels Dreamers Second Sons written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with British categories.
Scoundrels Dreamers Second Sons
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
Release Date : 1994
Scoundrels Dreamers Second Sons written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
Between 1880 and 1914, thousands of British remittance men came to the Canadian West, urged overseas by a rapidly changing British society. Mark Zuelke recounts their attempts to recreate the aura of landed gentry that were sometimes misunderstood -- and often ridiculed. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Scoundrels Dreamers Second Sons
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-14
Scoundrels Dreamers Second Sons written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by Harbour Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-14 with History categories.
“‘Remittance man’ was meant to be a disparaging term. It reflected the fact that these young men had been sent to the colonies to spare their families continuing embarrassment or shame. At home they had been scoundrels, dreamers, and second sons without future prospects. Perhaps in…the Canadian West they would make something of themselves. If they didn't, at least they would be far enough away that little disgrace would fall upon their families.” —Mark Zuehlke Beginning in 1880, thousands of young, upper-class British men with few prospects were sent to the Canadian West to distance them from British society. Still supported by their families, thus earning them the title “remittance men,” these men set out to continue their lives of leisure in this new land. With education, respectable breeding and the belief “from birth that they were superior beings,” the remittance men descended upon Western Canada with expectations of accomplishing something great and increasing their wealth. In reality, they hunted, played games, courted women, and enjoyed distinguished pursuits that squandered their parents' money and made hard-working Canadians raise their eyebrows. Though their era in Western Canada was short, 1880–1914, “they left an indelible mark perpetuated by the stories and legends that sprung up around them.” In Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons, first published fifteen years ago, Mark Zuehlke traces the path of the remittance men through Western Canada, highlighting their adventures, limited successes and glorious failures.
Ignored But Not Forgotten
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Author : Lucille H. Campey
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn.com
Release Date : 2014-09-10
Ignored But Not Forgotten written by Lucille H. Campey and has been published by Dundurn.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-10 with Social Science categories.
The story of early English Canadian immigration to Canada is finally told in detail. Ignored but Not Forgotten is a compelling and moving account of one of Canada’s foremost immigrant groups: the story of the great migration of English people to Canada that peaked during the early twentieth century. Based on wide-ranging documentary and statistical sources from both countries, it sets out the various events that propelled this immigration saga, which begins in the seventeenth century with the influx of English people to Atlantic Canada, moves on a century later to Ontario and Quebec, and continues into the late nineteenth century with the arrival of the English in the golden West. The great stream of English people who came to the Prairies and British Columbia in search of land and job opportunities represents one of the most iconic periods of Canada’s pioneering history. Widely ignored in the past as an immigrant group, the English are now being given the attention they deserve. The author reveals their outstanding contribution to Canada’s settlement and subsequent development and challenges the assumption that English Canadians were a privileged elite. In fact, most came from humble backgrounds. This is essential reading for genealogists and general readers wishing to appreciate why the English immigrated to Canada and the enormity of their achievements.
Shaping Nations
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Author : Linda Cardinal
language : en
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Release Date : 2002
Shaping Nations written by Linda Cardinal and has been published by University of Ottawa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
As questions concerning nationhood and national identity continue to preoccupy both Canada and Australia, Shaping Nations brings together the work of Australian and Canadian scholars around five core themes: constitutionalism, colonialism, republicanism, national identity, and governance.
Frontier Cattle Ranching In The Land And Times Of Charlie Russell
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Author : W. M. Elofson
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2004
Frontier Cattle Ranching In The Land And Times Of Charlie Russell written by W. M. Elofson and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
This first ever in-depth, cross-border study of the cattle ranching frontiers on the northern Great Plains of North America argues that though they lived on different sides of the fortyninth parallel, the first cattlemen on the western Canadian prairies and in the state of Montana shared a common history.
Scots In The North American West 1790 1917
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Author : Ferenc Morton Szasz
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2000
Scots In The North American West 1790 1917 written by Ferenc Morton Szasz and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Social Science categories.
"Scots trappers dominated the fur trade, often proving more loyal to clan than to trading company or nation. Relying on centuries of experience raising livestock for British markets, Scottish investors and managers became highly visible in the post-Civil War western cattle industry with thriving outfits such as the Swan Land and Cattle Company in Wyoming. They introduced new breeds to western ranching, such as the Aberdeen Angus, that remain popular today. Similarly, Scots herders dominated the western sheep industry, running herds of over 100,000 animals. Andrew Little's sheep ranch in Idaho was so famous that a letter addressed simply "Andy Little, USA" found its intended recipient.
The Cowboy Cavalry
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Author : Gordon Errett Tolton
language : en
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Release Date : 2011
The Cowboy Cavalry written by Gordon Errett Tolton and has been published by Heritage House Publishing Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Native and Métis unrest escalated into the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, white settlers in southern Alberta`s cattle country were terrified. Three major First Nations bordered their range, and war seemed certain. In anticipation, 114 men mustered to form the Rocky Mountain Rangers, a volunteer militia charged with ensuring the safety of the open range between the Rocky Mountains and the Cypress Hills. The Rangers were a motley crew, from ex-Mounties and ex-cons to retired, high-ranking military officials and working ranch hands. Membership qualifications were scant: ability to ride a horse, knowledge of the prairies, and preparedness to die. The Rangers were resolutely prepared to fight, as mounted cavalry, should the rebellion spread. This is their story, inextricably linked to the dissensions of the day, rife with skirmishes, corruption, jealousies, rumour, innuendo and gross media sensationalizing . . . all bound together with what author Gordon Tolton terms "a generous helping of gunpowder."
The Identities Of Marie Rose Delorme Smith
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Author : Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
language : en
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Release Date : 2012
The Identities Of Marie Rose Delorme Smith written by Doris Jeanne MacKinnon and has been published by University of Regina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Marie Rose Delorme Smith was a woman of French-Métis ancestry who was born during the fur trade era and who spent her adult years as a pioneer rancher in the Pincher Creek district of southern Alberta. The Identities of Marie Rose Delorme Smith examines how Marie Rose negotiates her identities--as mother, boarding house owner, homesteader, medicine woman, midwife, and writer--during the changing environment of the western plains during the late nineteenth century.
Mountain Masculinity
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Author : Tex Wood
language : en
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Release Date : 2008
Mountain Masculinity written by Tex Wood and has been published by Athabasca University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1906, Nello Vernon-Wood (1882-1978) reinvented himself as Tex Wood, Banff hunting guide and writer of "yarns of the wilderness by a competent outdoorsman." His homespun stories of a vanishing world, in such periodicals as The Sportsman, Hunting and Fishing, and the Canadian Alpine Journal, have much to tell us about the west as envisioned by those who wanted to leave the early 20th century behind - or at least read about others who had done so. In the writings of his persona "Tex," Vernon-Wood created an image of the frontier that blended the West of his guiding experiences with the West as a literary object. Editors Gow and Rak guide the reader with a framing introduction to the work, as well as to each article.