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On the frontier : letters from the Canadian West in the 1880s Cover Image Book Book

On the frontier : letters from the Canadian West in the 1880s

Wallace, William active 1881-1886 (Author). Coates, Kenneth, 1956- (Added Author). Morrison, William R. (William Robert), 1942- (Added Author).

Summary: "First published more than twenty years ago as My Dear Maggie, this new edition of William Wallace's letters home to England provides rare documentation of the earliest days of settlement in the West. The correspondence conveys a sense of unspoken courage--the courage that was needed to make a fresh start in a strange new land."--

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  • ISBN: 9780889774087 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    xxxii, 311 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, c2015.

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General Note:
A republication of "My dear Maggie--" published in Regina by Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 1991. With new cover, layout, introduction and front matter.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Preface -- Introduction -- 1881 -- 1882 -- 1883 -- 1884 -- 1885 -- Epilogue.

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Subject: Wallace, William -- active 1881-1886 -- Correspondence
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Pioneers -- Manitoba -- Correspondence
Immigrants -- Manitoba -- Correspondence
Frontier and pioneer life -- Manitoba
Manitoba -- Social life and customs
Manitoba -- Description and travel -- 1871-1900

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Legislative Library, Vaughan Street CT 1 Wallace, William Wal 2015 (Text) 36970100190901 General Collection Volume hold Available -
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