Pioneers and Prominent People of Saskatchewan

Hardcover, 343 pages, 5x7.5 in - 13x19 cm.

Cover corners rubbed, front cover very lightly soiled with shallow scar. Spine beginning to crease, mild spine lean, Starting at front hinge, pp.32-33 and 80-81. Half-title chipped at edge. Pages age-tanned, pp.128-129 and 296-297 ghosted from previously laid-in content. Front free endpaper signed in pencil by Saskatchewan judge and politician James Fraser Bryant (see p.128).

This volume contains brief biographies of more than 450 influential Saskatchewan residents active in the early decades of the province’s settlement and development. The women and men highlighted include academics, bankers, lawyers, mayors, merchants, newspaper editors, police and military officers, physicians, politicians, and priests, amongst others. Each entry includes a biographical statement highlighting the individual’s arrival/birth in Saskatchewan and role in shaping the province’s history, laws, or infrastructure. The book opens with a historical overview of Saskatchewan’s political and judicial development. Includes index (essential, since entries are not organized alphabetically). Peel(3) 4900.