Men Against The Desert

Gray, James H.

Saskatoon, 1970

By Western Producer Prairie Books
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Hardcover with dust jacket, 250 pages, 5.5x8.5 in, [14x21.5 cm], B&W photographs. Originally published in 1967 - the present copy a 1970 Second Printing.
Condition

Cello tape stains on the front and back endpapers; top-edge with mild dust-staining. Dust jacket lightly edgeworn; front panel with a slight impression.
Notes

In this study the popularizer of western Canadian history examines the severe drought that struck the Canadian prairies during the 1930s and the coordinated response that followed. Gray traces how a combination of poor cultivation practices and ill-judged policy contributed to widespread soil erosion, crop failure, and economic hardship across Western Canada.

The narrative centres on the practical measures developed to combat drifting soil and restore agricultural stability. Gray outlines how research, shelterbelt planting, new farming methods, and federal intervention reshaped prairie agriculture in the decades after the crisis.
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