Muddling Through : The Remarkable Story of the Barr Colonists by Bowen, Lynne - 1992

Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. Book. Illus. by Illlustrated. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover 1st edition - Some shelf and edgewear, otherwise a good clean solid copy. Dust jacket is in great condition. 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..

Paperback. Very Good.

Greystone Books, 1992. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 1992 First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 234 pp. Winner of the 1993 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. Maps, photographs, notes, sources, index. Small spot on front board. Jacke has minor shelfwear. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Signed by author. pp. 234,The award winning author draws on diaries, memoirs and letters left by the Barr colonists to tell their remarkable story. signed by the author.

Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. Hardcover. Good.

Douglas & McIntyre. Used - Very Good.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Canada for the British" - that was the rallying cry of two-thousand British middle-class citizens who decided to follow charismatic but inept Isaac Barr to the Canadian prairies. Very few of them were farmers and added to that the imperialistic notion that British people were far superior to anyone else on earth. Lynne Bowen is the granddaughter of Barr colonists. She draws on letter, diaries, memoirs, and interviews to retell one of the most interesting chapters of Canadian history. Blue cloth, white titling to spine, SIGNED and inscribed by author to title page, a cluster of black and white photographs, 234 pages. Light edge wear, a small stripe of sunning to top and bottom, previous owner's blindstamp to ffep. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear and is now protected in a Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier… Read More

Greystone Books, 1992T. hardcover. Good. 2.5381 in x 23.0964 in x 15.7360 in.

Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 234 pages. Sources. Index. Black and white illustrations. "In this heartbreaking and mockingly humorous book, Lynne Bowen explodes the mythology of the legendary Barr Colony, which began as an elephantine disaster in which everyone was sincere but all were ignorant." - Barry Broadfoot. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Pristine copy..