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Billy Higgins and his family have a good life in Vancouver. His father is a skilled working man-a tool and die cutter-and while they aren't rich they are comfortable, and happy.
But when the Great Depression strikes and Billy's dad loses his job, everything changes. Billy's forced to quit school and look for work to help support his family, and soon finds himself one of thousands of unemployed men-young and old-wandering listlessly through the city's downtown. Billy works odd jobs delivering newspapers and running errands for the unions that are trying to relieve the men's suffering, and soon decides he has to do something to make change.
He joins a movement of men riding the rails to Ottawa to bring their plight to the attention of the government. Along the way Billy learns a lot-about the Depression and about himself-but when the men reach Regina they're taught an especially bitter lesson.
Billy Higgins Rides the Freights is the story of one young man coming of age in the brutal years of Canada's Great Depression.
But when the Great Depression strikes and Billy's dad loses his job, everything changes. Billy's forced to quit school and look for work to help support his family, and soon finds himself one of thousands of unemployed men-young and old-wandering listlessly through the city's downtown. Billy works odd jobs delivering newspapers and running errands for the unions that are trying to relieve the men's suffering, and soon decides he has to do something to make change.
He joins a movement of men riding the rails to Ottawa to bring their plight to the attention of the government. Along the way Billy learns a lot-about the Depression and about himself-but when the men reach Regina they're taught an especially bitter lesson.
Billy Higgins Rides the Freights is the story of one young man coming of age in the brutal years of Canada's Great Depression.
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- EditoreJames Lorimer & Co
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 0888625790
- ISBN 13 9780888625793
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine119
- DisegnatoreKassian Olena
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.3. Codice articolo G0888625790I3N00
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Billy Higgins Rides the Freights (Adventures in Canada)
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Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Olena Kassian (illustratore). Please email us if you would like further information or if you would like us to send you a picture of the book. The book i am offering may not have the same cover as the one pictured. they are stock photos from the site. Thanks for looking! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Codice articolo 123837
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