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Beyond Forget
Author | : Mark Abley |
Publsiher | : London : Chatto & Windus |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Prairie Provinces |
ISBN | : 0701132965 |
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Rediscovering the Prairies
Author | : Norman Henderson |
Publsiher | : TouchWood Editions |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2011-07-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781926971797 |
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In the early days, Plains Indians travelled on foot across the vast Canadian prairies, with only fierce, wolf-like dogs as companions. Later, with the arrival of Europeans, horses and canoes appeared on the scene. In Rediscovering the Prairies, Norman Henderson, a leading scholar of the world’s great temperate grasslands, revives the earlier modes of prairie travel. He journeys along 325 kilometres of Saskatchewan’s Qu’Appelle Valley by dog and travois (the wooden rack pulled by dogs and horses used by First Nations to transport belongings), then by canoe, and finally by horse and travois. Henderson’s often humourous descriptions of his attempts to find and train a dog and a horse highlight the difficulties involved in recreating traditional travel methods. Henderson interweaves his own adventures with the exploits of earlier travellers, such as La Vérendrye, Alexander Henry and Peter Fidler, and the experiences of fur traders and others who struggled across this strange and forbidding landscape. His captivating account will foster a better appreciation for, and a deeper understanding of, the natural and human history of the Canadian prairies.
The Prairies Lost and Found
Author | : Leonard B. Kuffert |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015076169153 |
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"We lose and find all the time. We can forget, apprehend or comprehend our surroundings several times each day. Both losing and finding, forgetting and rediscovering the natural and human traces on the prairies might seem like an impossibility. Have we not recorded our impressions and images of prairie life faithfully? Are we not standing on the shoulders of (prairie) giants? One kind of prairie, grain elevators, have been disappearing from the North American prairies for about a generation, and yet they have become (I would argue even more vividly than in the days before they started to disappear) an iconic symbol of a place which is less and less like its imagined past. Our memories (both individual and collective) adjust to such absences by canonizing vanishing saints before it really is too late. We lose the thing and find – we like to think – its essence. We remember artistic renderings of prairie people, landscapes and stories, reading Margaret Laurence’s novels or W. L. Morton’s history, but we cannot reproduce the pictures and words at will. We know the countours of their labours just the same. We forget, or at least under-advertise, the fast that the Prairie (however it might be divided by provincial or international borders) is also an urban place. We think less often of the fact that we have a transantional prairies, in which an awareness of divergent national pasts and presents is necessary. To acknowledge these complexities is to know, to reclaim and indeed to find the prairies."--BOOK JACKET.
Prairie Grass
Author | : Joan Soggie |
Publsiher | : BWL Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2020-01-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780228610281 |
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Gabby Mackenzie knows little and cares less about prairie people or their history. She sees her assignment to interview a hundred-year-old settler as nothing more than a bump in her hazy career path. But as she gets to know old Mr. Tollerud and the land that has been his home, she finds herself drawn into the interwoven stories of the settlers, the Metis, and the First Nations who came before them. And her own life changes. Review Residential school survivor and life-long educator Dr. Cecil King says of Prairie Grass “a dynamic piece of work … Yes, it is a good read.”
Prairies and Savannas in Michigan
Author | : Ryan P. O'Connor,Michael A. Kost,Joshua G. Cohen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015080823068 |
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Prairies and Savannas in Michigan gives a complete understanding of these dynamic systems, the plants and animals they support, the ecological processes that sustain them, and current efforts to restore these valuable pieces of Michigan's natural heritage. Intended for general readers, Prairies and Savannas in Michigan clearly describes the variety of natural habitats and itemizes noteworthy species found in each.
Beyond Forget
Author | : Mark Abley |
Publsiher | : Douglas & McIntyre |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1987-11-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1553656709 |
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Rediscovering the Prairies Journeys by Dog Horse and Canoe
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:1091199028 |
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In the early days, Plains Indians travelled on foot across the vast Canadian prairies, with only fierce, wolf-like dogs as companions. Later, with the arrival of Europeans, horses and canoes appeared on the scene. In Rediscovering the Prairies, Norman Henderson, a leading scholar of the world’s great temperate grasslands, revives the earlier modes of prairie travel. He journeys along 325 kilometres of Saskatchewan’s Qu’Appelle Valley by dog and travois (the wooden rack pulled by dogs and horses used by First Nations to transport belongings), then by canoe, and finally by horse and travois. Henderson’s often humourous descriptions of his attempts to find and train a dog and a horse highlight the difficulties involved in recreating traditional travel methods. Henderson interweaves his own adventures with the exploits of earlier travellers, such as La Vérendrye, Alexander Henry and Peter Fidler, and the experiences of fur traders and others who struggled across this strange and forbidding landscape. His captivating account will foster a better appreciation for, and a deeper understanding of, the natural and human history of the Canadian prairies.
Challenging Frontiers
Author | : Lorry W. Felske,Beverly Jean Rasporich |
Publsiher | : University of Calgary Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Canada (ouest) |
ISBN | : 9781552381403 |
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Challenging Frontiers: The Canadian West is a multidisciplinary study using critical essays as well as creative writing to explore the conceptions of the "West," both past and present. Considering topics such as ranching, immigration, art and architecture, as well as globalization and the spread of technology, these articles inform the reader of the historical frontier and its mythology, while also challenging and reassessing conventional analysis.