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Newfield House, Homesteaders on the Canadian Prairie

- Book 1, Land Ay Mah Ain, 1881-1883

About Newfield House, Homesteaders on the Canadian Prairie

In the spring of 1881, William Bell and his son-in-law Walter leave their families in Pickering, Ontario, and head west in hopes of securing land in what was then the North-West Territories. At fifty-six William is determined to keep a promise made to his dead wife, Annie, that they find land and settle where they can make a life for themselves on their own terms, a place where their family can forge a future beholden to none. And so it is that the two make their way first to Winnipeg, then on to Portage la Prairie-where the railroad ends-passing north of Brandon on foot and out into the vast unbroken heartland of the continent....

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781460284155
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 294
  • Published:
  • April 21, 2016
  • Dimensions:
  • 229x151x23 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 444 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: January 2, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of Newfield House, Homesteaders on the Canadian Prairie

In the spring of 1881, William Bell and his son-in-law Walter leave their families in Pickering, Ontario, and head west in hopes of securing land in what was then the North-West Territories. At fifty-six William is determined to keep a promise made to his dead wife, Annie, that they find land and settle where they can make a life for themselves on their own terms, a place where their family can forge a future beholden to none. And so it is that the two make their way first to Winnipeg, then on to Portage la Prairie-where the railroad ends-passing north of Brandon on foot and out into the vast unbroken heartland of the continent....

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