Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons: British Remittance Men in the Canadian West - Zuehlke, Mark

Clean, tight, unmarked; light crease to front cover just in from spine; date on copyright page; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; Between 1880 and 1914, thousands of British remittance men came to the Canadian West, urged overseas by a rapidly changing British society. In a land of cowboys and loggers, their attempts to recreate the aura of landed gentry were sometimes misunderstood - and often ridiculed. Many Canadians thought steeplechase tracks, easels, tennis and "taking ease" were futile pursuits for a group of otherwise pleasant and well-educated men. With a hint of nostalgia for the pre-war era that harboured these colourful outcasts of a diminishing empire, Mark Zuehlke fondly recounts the often humorous and sometimes dismal efforts of "good breeding" in Canada's West.
Very Good
Soft cover
Dundurn Press
2nd Edition
2001
Toronto. ON