9780889771505 - Prairie Memoir: The Life and Times of James Clinkskill, 1853-1936 di Clinkskill, James (6 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Very light wear.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Clean solid copy.

[0-88977-150-2] 2003. (Mass market paperback) As new. xxii, 170pp. 8vo. As new. More than a personal memoir, this tells also of great transformation in Canadian, and Prairie History. The challenges associated with life in the Northwest are included in these pages; the disappearance of the buffalo; the Frog Lake Massacre and North-West Resistance, the arrival of the railroad, the birth of Saskatchewan, as well as the struggles that came with the storms and cold of prairie winters. Black and white photographs.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustratore). First Edition. SUBTITLED : `The Life and Times of James Clinkskill : 1853 - 1936'. 170 pages including INDEX. James Clinkskill arrived in Canada from Glasgow in 1882, he and a business partner Thomas E. Mahaffy were bound for Saskatchewan. There he was witness to the Riel Rebellion, the early years of the railroad, establishment of provincial government, the failure of the Barr Colony, and the contracting of the first waterworks for Saskatoon. During that time he married, raised a family and ran a successful general merchandise business. All this is documented in his personal journals. Section of b/w photos at center. Cond : Paper wrapper is white (and black) with white lettering. Front cover photograph is of a very studious Clinkskill at his desk figuring. Volume is square, tight, and bright. Clean, minimal wear. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Decidedly giftable ! ! Quote (p. 119) : " This was my first visit to Edmonton and I was well pleased with the layout and the prospects ahead of it. Both Mercer and I knew a great many people in the town and we were royally entertained. The town was busy outfitting Klondike prospectors. Some of these were ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.

[0-88977-150-2] 2003, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) As new. xxii, 170pp.

Softcover. pp. xxii, 170. Small 8vo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustraitons, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked. As new.