Dustship glory : : based on a true story / / Andreas Schroeder.
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 w...
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| Superior document: | Mingling Voices, |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edmonton, Alberta : : AU Press,, 2011. ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mingling voices.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (277 pages) |
| Notes: | "Based on a true story." |
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Table of 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