| Mamie's Children: Generations of Prairie Women Contributor(s): Schultz, Judy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889951675 ISBN-13: 9780889951679 Publisher: Red Deer Press OUR PRICE: $4.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1998 Annotation: "Nominee, Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction" Like most women born before the turn of the century, Maime Elizabeth lived, by the standard of her day, an ordinary existence. She lived with her family near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, and like many they were wiped out by the Great Depression. As Mamie often said, life was going to the dogs. Yet day by day this determined woman cobbled together a rich, full existence that was played out against the astonishing history, climate and landscape of the Canadian West. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Non Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 8.23" (0.70 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Saskatchewan - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction nominee Like most women born before the turn of the century, Maime Elizabeth lived, by the standard of her day, an ordinary existence. She lived with her family near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, and like many they were wiped out by the Great Depression. As Mamie often said, life was going to the dogs. Yet day by day this determined woman cobbled together a rich, full existence that was played out against the astonishing history, climate and landscape of the Canadian West. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schultz, Judy: - Judy Schultz |