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The reluctant Canadian
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Barnes, Brad
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C., FirsenPress
- Edition
- 1rst ed.
- Call Number
- 05.2 B26t
2 websites
- Author
- Barnes, Brad
- Responsibility
- Brad Barnes
- Edition
- 1rst ed.
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C., FirsenPress
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 274 pages
- Subjects
- Immigration
- Labour
- Fiction
- Abstract
- Pertains to a fictional character named Sidney, a British child whom was sent to Canada to perform involuntary labor. Although fictional in nature, the narrative within the novel was inspired by Canada’s real-life Child Immigration Scheme. The book provides both context and a greater insight into the immigration patterns of the 19th and 20th centuries. Author Brad Barnes speaks of the trauma that was likely to have been endured by immigration scheme survivors, as well as the generational effects of such trauma. Barnes brings to light the reality of early immigration and the ways in which people were impacted.
- Contents
- Chapter 1: The meeting (pg. 4)
- Chapter 2: The beginning (pg. 9)
- Chapter 3: Desperate times (pg. 21)
- Chapter 4: Gutters and Alleyways (pg. 27)
- Chapter 5: The home (pg. 36)
- Chapter 6: The voyage (pg. 49)
- Chapter 7: A brief reprieve (pg. 65)
- Chapter 8: The hand of the devil (pg. 72)
- Chapter 9: Flames of freedom (pg. 88)
- Chapter 10: Standing ground (pg. 104)
- Chapter 11: The outsider (pg. 112)
- Chapter 12: The runner (pg. 128)
- Chapter 13: The last straw (pg. 135)
- Chapter 14: Pickled eggs n' chicken legs (pg. 138)
- Chapter 15: Life according to McTavish (pg. 149)
- Chapter 16: Gud man Gud Father (pg. 164)
- Chapter 17: The reunion (pg. 171)
- Chapter 18: Westward bound (pg. 182)
- Chapter 19: Prosperity abounds (pg. 194)
- Chapter 20: Shattered dreams (pg. 201)
- Chapter 21: A sure thing (pg. 208)
- Chapter 22: The family man (pg. 217)
- Chapter 23: Riding the rails (pg. 225)
- Chapter 24: Poverty to prosperity (pg. 246)
- Chapter 25: The cabin (pg. 257)
- Chapter 26: The box (pg. 270)
- Epilogue (pg. 273)
- ISBN
- 9781460211465
- Accession Number
- 2019.63
- Call Number
- 05.2 B26t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The first URL is linked to the website associated with the book
- The second URL is linked to the author's official photography page
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