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The National Dream : The Great Railway, 1871-1881 by Berton, Pierre - 1983
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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. Fifteenth Printing . Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good black trade paperback. Some wear, creasing. (1983), (1970), 8vo, xiii, [1], 439pp. [1], SPADONI & DONNELLY 2152, Artibise 396 Western Canada Since 1870, Aubin and Linteau 11351, Hoy 4392, Arora 28 Louis Riel A Bibiography"The subject of one of television's most exciting mini-series CBC's The national Dream, the FIRST volume of Pierre Berton's classic railway history is available for the FIRST time in its entirety in paperback. This is the stirring story of how a newly formed country determined to build the world's longest and costliest railroad..." "Here is the account of more than seven thousand pigtailed Chinese toiling and dying in the canyons of the Fraser, employed by Andrew Onderdonk who, without the cheap coolie labour, could probably not have completed his contract."
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- Edition Fifteenth Printing
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- ISBN 10 0771013337
- ISBN 13 9780771013331
- Publisher McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication Toronto, ON, Canada
- Date Published 1983
- Pages 439
- Keywords RAILROADS AND STATE CANADA_HISTORY_1867-1914
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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McClelland & Stewart, 1986. Trade Paperback. As New. Like New - Inscribed Inside Front Papge. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - Pierre Berton's The National Dream Is The Perfect Antidote To Recommend To Anyone Who Thinks History, Especially Canada's History, Is Boring. Canada's Best-Known Historian Takes The Seemingly Unexciting Story Of The Building Of A Railroad And Tells It With The Colour And Humour Of A Master Yarn-Spinner. The National Dream And Its Sequel, The Last Spike, Published In 1970 And 1971, Were Two Of Canada's Biggest Best-Selling Books And Were Turned Into An Eight-Part Series On Cbc-Tv Watched By More People Than Any Other Dramatic Program In The Network's History To That Date. The Last Spike Won For Berton His Third Governor General's Award For Non-Fiction. The Story He Tells Has No End Of Crazy And Bizarre Characters: Sleazy Politicians, Robber Baron-Style Railroad Tycoons, Corrupt…
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McClelland & Stewart, 1970. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second printing 1986- New and Unread- Pierre Berton's The National Dream is the perfect antidote to recommend to anyone who thinks history, especially Canada's history, is boring. Canada's best-known historian takes the seemingly unexciting story of the building of a railroad and tells it with the colour and humor of a master yarn-spinner. The National Dream and its sequel, The Last Spike, published in 1970 and 1971, were two of Canada's biggest best-selling books and were turned into an eight-part series on CBC-TV watched by more people than any other dramatic program in the network's history to that date. The Last Spike won for Berton his third Governor General's Award for non-fiction. The story he tells has no end of crazy and bizarre characters: sleazy politicians, robber baron-style railroad tycoons, corrupt newspaper publishers, many of them considered the political and…
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