Waste Heritage

by Irene Baird

Book Overview

A new critical edition of the acknowledged best Canadian novel of the 1930s. Irene Baird's Waste Heritage is a groundbreaking work of Canadian fiction based on the dramatic and violent labour disputes that took place in British Columbia in 1938.

The story follows the progress of two friends, Matt Striker, a 23-year-old from Saskatchewan, and his simple-minded companion Eddy, as they travel from Vancouver to Victoria following the occupation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0776606492
• ISBN13: 9780776606491
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 7.9"