Muddling Through

The Remarkable Story of the Barr Colonists

Nonfiction, History, Canada
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Author: Lynne Bowen ISBN: 9781926706009
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd. Publication: March 1, 1998
Imprint: Greystone Books Language: English
Author: Lynne Bowen
ISBN: 9781926706009
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd.
Publication: March 1, 1998
Imprint: Greystone Books
Language: English

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When two thousand British bank clerks, butchers, housewives, saleswomen, remittance men and ex-Boer War soldiers followed the charismatic but inept Anglican minister, Isaac Barr, to the Canadian prairies in 1903 their rallying cry was ""Canada for the British.""

Despite the Canadian governmentÌs expectations and BarrÌs assurances, however, very few of the colonists knew anything about farming. As the granddaughter of Barr colonists, Lynne Bowen grew up on stories of what it was like to be young and green in the huge, raw Canadian west. These are those stories complemented by the diaries memoirs and letters left by the Barr colonists to tell their remarkable story.

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When two thousand British bank clerks, butchers, housewives, saleswomen, remittance men and ex-Boer War soldiers followed the charismatic but inept Anglican minister, Isaac Barr, to the Canadian prairies in 1903 their rallying cry was ""Canada for the British.""

Despite the Canadian governmentÌs expectations and BarrÌs assurances, however, very few of the colonists knew anything about farming. As the granddaughter of Barr colonists, Lynne Bowen grew up on stories of what it was like to be young and green in the huge, raw Canadian west. These are those stories complemented by the diaries memoirs and letters left by the Barr colonists to tell their remarkable story.

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