Defying Palliser: Stories of Resilience from the Driest Region of the Canadian Prairies

by Harry Diaz and Jim Warren

After travelling through the Canadian prairies in 1857 and 1858, British adventurer John Palliser deemed a large portion of the region to be a near desert and unfit for agriculture. That reportedly disadvantaged area became known famously as Palliser's Triangle. In Defying Palliser, farmers and ranchers from southwest Saskatchewan and southeast Alberta--residents in the Palliser Triangle--tell how they have challenged Palliser's prediction. Incorporating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889772940
• ISBN13: 9780889772946
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"