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Boston Mills Press Wheat Kings Vanishing Landmarks of the Canadian Prairies
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “New from previous collection. Great condition.”
- ISBN
- 9781550462494
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Boston Mills Press
ISBN-10
1550462490
ISBN-13
9781550462494
eBay Product ID (ePID)
749733
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wheat Kings : Vanishing Landmarks of the Canadian Prairies
Number of Pages
120 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Canada / Prairie Provinces (MB, Sk), Railroads / Pictorial, Subjects & Themes / Landscapes, Sociology / Rural
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Transportation, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Photography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
11 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-230642
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Wheat Kings is a eulogy for a dying way of life...McDonnell has done a wonderful job of preserving a vanishing era. ... The small sections of prose in this volume are beautifully written, and I wish there were more of them., Wheat Kings is a eulogy for a dying way of life...McDonnell's done a wonderful job of preserving a vanishing era.
Dewey Decimal
633.1/0468
Table Of Content
Wheat Kings Of Peddlers, Pullers and Tramps Something Big on the Horizon McMahon -- Hard Times on the Prairies The Last Harvest Buffalo Bones Wheat Kings (Reprise)
Synopsis
As the twenty-first century marches forward, the country grain elevator rapidly nears extinction. These classic wooden structures once used to store grain are being torn down by the hundreds along with thousands of miles of railway branchlines. A proud and honored way of life is coming to end. Wheat Kings is a lavishly illustrated and poignantly written look at the passing of the traditional northern prairie grain elevators and the communities and railcars that served them. The book includes photographs of grain elevators from numerous small prairie towns. Also included are images of the region's train stations, churches, farms and commercial buildings, many abandoned. The book is organized by six concise essays. These include: Wheat Kings: brief history of grain elevators Of Peddlers, Pullers and Tramps: the prairie railroad system Something Big on the Horizon: concrete high-capacity super elevators McMahon - Hard Times on the Prairies: a forgotten town The Last Harvest: an elevator comes down Buffalo Bones: the end of the railroad grain cars. Wheat Kings is a chronicle of the end of an era as witnessed by one of North America's best-known and most-respected railroad writers and photographers. This book is sure to fascinate railway enthusiasts, transportation historians, and anyone interested in the changing worlds of farming and railroading., Now in paper: A lavishly illustrated and poignantly written look at the demise of the traditional northern prairie grain elevators and the railcars that served them.
LC Classification Number
TR739.6.M38 1998
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