Winter & Summer Excursions in Canada

JOHNSTONE, C.L.

Published by Digby, Long & Co., Publishers, London, 1894,, 1894

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JOHNSTONE, C.L. Winter & Summer Excursions in Canada . L.: Digby, Long & Co., Publishers, [n.d. - 1894]. Pp. [i]-xv,(1),1-213,(1), +5 p. of plates (1 of the mentioned illustrations is a textual illustration, included in the pagination). Illustrated. 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Catherine Laura Johnstone (1838-1923). Peel 1363, Rhodenizer, p. 66, Waterston, The Travellers: Canada to 1900, p.186. The author's account of life in western Canada in the latter part of the nineteenth century, including information on her travels along the recently completed Canadian Pacific Railway, her interactions with the native populations of the Prairie provinces and the Northwest Territories, missionary work, agricultural information, and the developing of a Canadian identity in the early years since Confederation. Largely uncut in the middle portion of the volume. "Mrs Johnstone paints the life of hardship of Canadian wives and children, countering the official reports of prosperity. [.] This disillusioning report emphasizes disease (prairie scurvy), cold, ringworm, insects, and heart-rending, fearful death." - Waterston. Very light wear to spine ends and extremities, some light foxing to initial and final leaves, intermittent central cracking (but not too severe), else a very nice copy. 250.00. Seller Inventory # 69149

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Title: Winter & Summer Excursions in Canada

Publisher: Digby, Long & Co., Publishers, London, 1894,

Publication Date: 1894

Binding: Hardcover