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Between the Red and the Rockies  --by the author of "The Sodbusters"

Between the Red and the Rockies --by the author of "The Sodbusters" & "Blazing the Old Cattle Trails" Hardcover - 1967

by MacEwan, Grant

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  • Hardcover

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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1967. ----Teal cloth with gilt, 300 pages with b & w illustrations & maps, no names, dust jacket is in Very Good condition with minor edge wear/rubbing. "Between the Red River and the Rocky Mountains, and from the 49th parrallel north to the Arctic, lies a region of relatively short, hot summers and uncertain rainfall. For centuries this was a region apparently unsuited to agriculture. The story of its conquest by one of the greatest wheat economies the world has yet known is an epic chapter in the history of civilizations." Contents include: Preface / The Fur Traders' Empire / The Agricultural Explorers / Retreating Frontiers / A Trail of Steel / The Tide of Settlement / King Wheat / The Cattle Kingdom / Klondike Beef / Chuck-Wagon Romance / Dress Parade / Education and Experiment / The Agricultural Revolution / Changing Ways / Union for Strength / A One-Crop Country? / Depression and Recovery / Today and Tomorrow / index. The scan you see is the book you get. Fourth Printing,. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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