The Opening Of The Canadian West : Where Strong Men Gathered

Hill, Douglas

Don Mills, 1977

By Longman Canada Limited
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Pocket Book. Thin card covers, 290 pages, 4.25x7 in, [14x17.5 cm], B&W illustrations.
Condition

Significant age-tanning; covers rubbed.
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A broad history of Western Canada, tracing the region’s development from the fur trade through the early phases of large-scale settlement. Drawing on a wide range of published sources, Hill presents an overview of exploration, commerce, and migration, emphasizing the social and economic forces that shaped the West. First issued in 1967 during Canada’s Centennial, the work reflects the period’s heightened public interest in national history and offers a publication intended for the general reader. 
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