Fifty Dollar Bride : Marie Rose Smith - A Chronicle Of Metis Life In The 19th Century

Carpenter, Jock

Hana, Alberta, 1977

By Gorman And Gorman Ltd.
$11.00 USD
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Details

Card covers, 149 pages, 5.5x8.5 in, [14x22 cm], B&W photographs.

Condition

A delicate copy, with the spine distressed and the text block beginning to loosen; all leaves are present, though some may detach with handling. Ownership signature stamped to the fore-edge and handwritten on the title page. Fore-edge corners bumped, with staining to the edges. Covers creased and sunned. Offered as Poor.
Notes

Carpenter recounts the remarkable life of her grandmother, Marie Rose Smith (1861–1960), born at Fort Garry into a Métis family steeped in the traditional prairie way of life—buffalo hunts, pemmican making, trading journeys, and the creaking lines of Red River carts. At sixteen she married Charley Smith, a Scandinavian newcomer, and the young couple established a ranch near Pincher Creek, Alberta. There Marie Rose raised seventeen children while helping manage the homestead.

Notes adapted from publishers information found on the back cover.
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