Frontier farewell : the 1870s and the end of the Old West / Garrett Wilson, with a new foreword by Candace Savage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Garrett, 1932- author.

Contributor:

Savage, Candace, 1949- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century.

Northwest, Canadian.

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.

West (U.S.).

Great Plains--History--19th century.

Great Plains.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, 2014.

Summary:

The return of a classic, with a new introduction by Candace Savage. Frontier Farewell has been deemed "gracefully written" and "fully and meticulously researched," by Sharon Butala, while Canadian History Magazine called it "a great read that shatters the mythology surrounding the 'taming' of the West." A book every history buff should own, Frontier Farewell "ends with the disastrous bloodletting--the gruesome unwinding of a two-hudred year experiment," states Prairies North magazine. "Frontier Farewell offers new perspectives on everything from the transfer of Rupert's Land to Canada, the Manitoba Resistance of 1869-70, and the Numbered Treaties of the 1870s, to the surveys of the Canadian Prairies, the coming of the North-West Mounted Police, and the fallout from the Battle of the Little Big Horn.You just might want to buy two copies--one for yourself, and one for a friend." -Ted Binnema, Department of History, University of Northern British Columbia

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword to the 2014 Edition

Foreword to the 2007 Edition

Preface

Acknowledgments

A Note on Terminology

Map Of The Old West

1. Between the Rivers

2. The Medicine Line

3. The Era of Expansion

4. Confederation Comes West

5. The Crisis in Red River

6. The Birth of Manitoba

7. Twin Scourges: Smallpox and War

8. The Metis

9. The Battle of the Grand Coteau

10. The End of the Red River Hunt

11. So Long as the Sun Shines

12. The Boundary Survey

13. By Section, Township and Range

14. The North-West Mounted Police

15. The Buffalo

16. The Road to Little Big Horn

17. The Events of 187677

18. Canada Versus the United States

19. Fire and Starvation

20. Surrender

21. 1881: The End of the Old West

22. Epilogue: After Events

Endnotes

Bibliography

Chronology

Index

About the type

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780889773639

0889773637

OCLC:

1018160820