The Pioneer Years, 1895-1914: Memories of Settlers Who Opened the West by Broadfoot, Barry - 1976

Toronto: Doubleday, 1976. -----Orange cloth with brown lettering on spine, headband, (viii) 403 pages plus 24 pages of b & w photo plates, decorated end papers, ink name on title page, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "From hundreds of personal interviews Barry Broadfoot has again created an unforgettable oral history of one of Canada's most remarkable eras." Contents include: Preface / The Way It Was / The Lure of the Land / The Hard Land / Blizzards and Bulldog Flies / Golden Sheaves / Man and Beast / The English.../ ...And the Others / Growing Up on the Land / Wives, Widows, and Whores / Ribbon of Steel / About the Town / Buyers and Sellers / Oh, the Prairie Schoolhouse / Law, Order, and Some Chicanery / Having a Darn Good Time / Characters Were Everywhere / But Life Went on.../ Those Were the Days... Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Wrap around jacket photo courtesy of Provincial Archives of Alberta, E. Brown Collection . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.