Pioneer Days in Upper Canada / / Edwin Guillet.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Guillet, Edwin,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1963
• Bliain Foilsithe: 2019
• Teanga: English
• Sraith: Heritage
• Cur Síos Fisiciúil: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; hts throughout
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Chapter I. The Pioneer Home --; Chapter II. Foods And Cooking --; Chapter III. The "Hungry Year" --; Chapter IV. Grinding Grain Into Flour --; Chapter V. Lumbering --; Chapter VI. Maple Sugar Making --; Chapter VII. Fishing --; Chapter VIII. Pioneer Co-Operation–"Bees" --; Chapter IX. Amusement And Social Life In The Rural Districts --; Chapter X. Amusement And Social Life In The Towns --; Chapter XI. Pioneer Sports–Curling
• Achoimre: Despite abundant hardships, pioneer life in Upper Canada was romantic and colourful, and Mr. Guillet brings vividly to life the early settlers and their experiences. He draws on contemporary letters, diaries, newspapers, and periodicals, supplementing these researches with interviews with persons who had personal contacts with early life in the province. This volume contains the chapters from Mr. Guillet's large volume, Early Life in Upper Canada, which describes the pioneer home, foods and cooking, milling, lumbering, maple sugar making, fishing, "bees", amusements in town and country, and pioneer sports. It is abundantly illustrated with authentic portraits, photographs, and drawings.
• Formáid: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487596286; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487596286
• Rochtain: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Edwin Guillet.

Despite abundant hardships, pioneer life in Upper Canada was romantic and colourful, and Mr. Guillet brings vividly to life the early settlers and their experiences. He draws on contemporary letters, diaries, newspapers, and periodicals, supplementing these researches with interviews with persons wh...