Muddling Through the Remarkable Story of the Barr Colonists

Summary: When two thousand British bank clerks, butchers, housewives, saleswomen, remittance men and ex-Boer War soldiers followed the charismatic but inept Anglican minister, Isaac Barr, to the Canadian prairies in 1903 their rallying cry was "Canada for the British.". Despite the Canadian government's expectations and Barr's assurances, however, very few of the colonists knew anything about farming. As the granddaughter of Barr colonists, Lynne Bowen grew up on stories of what it was like to be young and green in the huge, raw Canadian west. These are those stories.

Record details

ISBN: 9781926706009 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1926706005 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (403 p.)
Publisher: New York : Douglas & McIntyre, 2009.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Prologue; Chapter I Canada for the British; Chapter II Great and Multifarious Schemes; Chapter III Is Anyone in Charge?; Chapter IV Hardtack and Salty Tea; Chapter V Doing the Gentleman; Chapter VI Sharpies, Swindlers and Fast-talking Salesmen; Chapter VII Raw Englishmen Loose on the Plains; Chapter VIII Starvation Camp; Chapter IX Being Green Altogether; Chapter X Their Curious Dauntless Demeanour; Chapter XI Muddling Through; Epilogue; Notes; Sources; Acknowledgements; Index.

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