Dustship glory : based on a true story / Andreas Schroeder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schroeder, Andreas, author.

Series:

Mingling voices.

Mingling Voices, 1917-9413.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saskatchewan--Fiction.

Saskatchewan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Place of Publication:

Athabasca University Press 2011

Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In this new edition of a prairie classic, Andreas Schroeder fictionalizes the true story of Tom Sukanen's wild scheme to build an ocean-going ship in the middle of a wheat field in Saskatchewan. Set during the hardships of the ""Dirty Thirties,"" Dustship Glory presents us with Sukanen's mythic effort to escape both the drought and pestilence of his time, as well as his own personal struggle to be free. Featuring an illuminating foreword by beloved Saskatoon writer Don Kerr, Dustship Glory will provide Canadian and international audiences alike with the opportunity to reacquaint themselves wit

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Series Information; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Dustship Glory; 1. The Bob Kleppner Picnic [Summer, 1934]; 2. Corporal G.T. Mortimer [RCMP, retired]; 3. The Consignment; 4. The Invention of Damian Sukanen; 5. Taking Delivery; 6. Elsie Berton [Schoolteacher, retired]; 7. Sea-trials; 8. More Light; 9. Aili; 10. West by North One-quarter North; 11. The Cunard Line; 12. Clay Jackson [Former Manybones Resident]; 13. Purity is Best; 14. A Matter of Record; 15. Summer of '34; 16. Summer of '34 continued...; 17. Avro Sukanen [Nephew of Tom Sukanen

Pool-Room Proprietor, Swift Current]18. Crokersland; 19. Cristina Thorndike [Former Manybones Resident]; 20. A Jonah; 21. An Invitation to Dinner; 22. The Twister; 23. Sontianen; 24. Casting off; 25. Margaret Hollington [Former Manybones Resident]; 26. Corporal G.T. Mortimer [RCMP, retired] continued...; 27. Rain; 28. Elmer Frayne [Implement Dealer, Pennant Junction]; 29. Fear the Lord; 30. And Praise his Holy Name; 31. Corporal G.T. Mortimer [RCMP, retired] continued...; 32. Ward Admission Record; 33. Louise Griffiths [Psychiatric Nurse, retired]; Epilogue; Afterword; About the Author

Notes:

"Based on a true story."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 25, 2017).

ISBN:

1-283-27976-2

9786613279767

1-926836-23-5

OCLC:

816864926