Letters from a Young Emigrant in Manitoba A Record of Emigrant Life in the Canadian West Tapa dura - 1981

156 p. Illustrated.Dust jacket is unmarked with only mild shelfwear to corners and faint sunning. The book is ex-library with internal stamps, stickers, and pocket remnant, and the covers have minor tape residue to cloth side (from previous jacket sleeve) but otherwise the book is in Fine condition.Edited and with an introduction by Ronald A. Wells. From the dust jacket flap: Letters From a Young Emigrant in Manitoba, first published in 1883 and long out-of-print, is one of the best records of Canadian immigrant life. The letters were written by Edward ffolkes, who left England in 1882 study at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph and later to homestead in southern Manitoba. They describe with rare insight the daily struggles and expectations of an "ordinary man" who had the courage to take up a new life on the frontier. Ronald A. Wells has introduced the volume with a wide-ranging essay on the role of popular knowledge about Canada in Britain and the significant shift of British migration from… Leer más

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: University of Manitoba Press, 1981. 157 pages. Square and tight with light wear on dust jacket and spine of jacket is slightly color faded. Previous owner's gift inscription on front free end paper, rest of interior is unmarked.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: University of Manitoba Press, 1981. 157 pages. Square tight copy with light wear on covers. Dust jacket has some tiny chips on bottom front edge and shows some light wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press 0-88755--126-2 [0-88755--126-2] 1981. (Cloth) 157pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Illus. Reprint of original 1883 edition. Edited and introduced by Ronald Wells. Peel(3) 1188..

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press [0-88755-126-2] [1981], 1st printing. (Hardcover) 157pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, illustrations. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn. Letters of Edward ffolkes. Edited with introduction by Ronald A. Wells. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Pioneer Life--Manitoba).