A Thousand Miles of Prairie by Blanchard, Jim Editor): - 2003

University of Manitoba Press, 2002. Paperback. Good. Light handling wear to covers; clean, bright text.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Manitoba Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. 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,… Read More

Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press, 2002. Soft cover. 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.

Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press, 2002. Soft cover. 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.

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press [0-88755-665-5] 2002, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) 259pp. As new. 8vo..

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press [0-88755-665-5] [2002]. (Trade paperback) 259pp. Near fine. 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… Read More