William Wye Smith: Recollections of a Nineteenth Century Scottish Canadian

Many writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries emphasized the virtues of early rural pioneers and life on the land as a general criticism of what they perceived to be the negative, alienating influence of Ontario's rapid urban and industrial expansion. Such work often highlighted the difficulties the recent emigrant faced: the clearing of forest and the breaking of new ground, the isolation and long Canadian winters; however they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550028049
• ISBN13: 9781550028041
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"