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A thousand miles of prairie : the Manitoba Historical Society and the history of Western Canada  Cover Image E-book E-book

A thousand miles of prairie : the Manitoba Historical Society and the history of Western Canada / edited by Jim Blanchard.

Blanchard, Jim, 1948- (Added Author). Manitoba Historical Society. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0887556655
  • ISBN: 9780887556654
  • ISBN: 9780887553080
  • ISBN: 0887553087
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 259 pages) : illustrations
  • Publisher: Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, ©2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Contains selections from early members of the Manitoba Historical Society.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- George Bryce: Alexander K. Isbister (1883) -- Ernest Thompson Seton: The Prairie Chicken (1884) -- Gilbert McMicken: The Abortive Fenian Raid on Manitoba (1888) -- George Bryce & Charles Bell: Seven Oaks (1891) -- John McBeth: Social Customs and Amusements of the Early Days in Red River Settlement (1893) -- John C. Schultz: The Old Crow Wing Trail (1892) -- Marion Bryce: The Charitable Institutions of Winnipeg (1899) -- George Atkinson: A Review History of the Passenger Pigeon of Manitoba (1905)
Sigtryggur Jonasson: The Early Icelandic Settlements in Canada (1901)Michael Sherbinin: Galicians Dwelling in Canada and Their Origin (1906) -- Charles Napier Bell: The Old Forts of Winnipeg (1927) -- John W. Dafoe: Early Winnipeg Newspapers (1930) -- Samuel Matheson: Floods at Red River (1932) -- Appendix
Restrictions on Access Note:
Restrictions unspecified
NLC staff and students only.
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Manitoba > History > Sources.
Northwest, Canadian > History > Sources.
Genre: Electronic books.
History.
Sources.
Electronic books.


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