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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 provinceís 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 reminscences, 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.
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Jim Blanchard is the Head of Reference Services at Elizabeth Dafoe Library at the University of Manitoba. He is a former president of the Manitoba Historical Society and is the author of Winnipeg’s Great War: A City Comes of Age and Winnipeg 1912, and is the editor of A Thousand Miles of Prairie: The Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada.
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- PublisherUniversity of Manitoba Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0887556655
- ISBN 13 9780887556654
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages262
- EditorBlanchard Jim
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Book Description Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. ix, 259. 8vo. Appears unread; as new. 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 provinceís 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 reminscences, 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. Seller Inventory # 2498
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; From the over 100 papers presented by the MHS in its first 60 years, Blanchard has selected 13 Transactions that, together, provide a fascinating insight into the intellectual life and flavour of turn of the century western Canada. Seller Inventory # 003045
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM JIM BLANCHARD on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; From the over 100 papers presented by the MHS in its first 60 years, Blanchard has selected 13 Transactions that, together, provide a fascinating insight into the intellectual life and flavour of turn of the century western Canada. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 008001
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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
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Book Description [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). Seller Inventory # 131064
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