Jordan Station, Ont: Paideia Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. Folio (31cm). blue cloth, gilt spine, 511 pages : illustrations, portraits, a very good copy, CONTENTS: 1. The Land They Left Behind -- 2. The Vanguard -- 3. How It All Began -- 4. Deciding to Leave -- 5. The Parting is Hard -- 6. The Crossing -- 7. On Solid Ground -- 8. Another Journey -- 9. New Homes -- 10. Earning Bread -- 11. In the Beetfields and Elsewhere -- 12. Homesickness -- 13. Everything Was So Different -- 14. The Language Barrier -- 15. The First Car -- 16. One Family's Dream Come True -- 17. Immigrants of All Kinds -- 18. Keeping the Faith -- 19. Helping Hands -- 20. Forging a Visible Identitiy -- 21. After A Decade -- 22. But Life Goes On -- 23. "Thank You, Canada!" -- 24. Making an Impact -- 25. They're Still Coming -- 26. Reclaiming the Heritage -- 27. Dutch Immigrant Ships..

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Bookseller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 112557293
Title: To all our children : the story of the postwar Dutch immigration to Canada
Author: Albert VanderMey
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: Second Printing
ISBN 10: 0888151004
ISBN 13: 9780888151001
Publisher: Paideia Press
Place of Publication: Jordan Station, Ont
Date Published: 2004
Size: Folio (31cm)
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Dutch -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.,Dutch Canadians -- History -- 20th century., Ne´erlandais -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e sie`cle., Canadiens d'origine ne´erlandaise -- Histoire -- 20e sie`cle., Dutch -- Canada -- History -- 1945
Bookseller catalogs: History; Biography & Autobiography;

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