Sixty Years of Centennial in Saskatchewan 1906-1968

Card covers, side stitched with staples, 141 pages, 8.25x 10.50 in - 21x27 cm, B&W photographs.

Covers quite sunned (esp. front) and edges lightly worn; front cover creased. Spine lightly rubbed at head and heel. P.7 marked in ink at margin.

Gordon S. Howard immigrated to Canada from England in 1906, and presents his memoirs of prairie life and war in this volume. Howard describes his childhood in England, arrival in Canada, journey westward in search of work and land, and purchase of a homestead near Herbert, Saskatchewan. With WWI’s onset, Howard recalls his enlistment, service overseas, and ongoing military employment (lasting through WWII). Between 1918 and 1939, Howard recounts his return to farming, marriage, and role in establishing the Tenth Field Brigade Ammunition Column (Saskatchewan’s first militia unit). From battling prairie fires and helping neighbours survive harsh winters to being shelled at Ypres and presiding over court martials, Howard’s stories are a blend of farming narratives and personal accounts of WWI and WWII. Photographs and maps support the text throughout. No publication date, but the book's final pages reference an Aug. 1967 article, making a publication date of 1967 or later likely.