| The Harvest Train |
| When Maritimers Worked in the Canadian West, 1890 to 1928 |
| A. A. MacKenzie |
From the Maritimes to Winnipeg, at the turn of the century,
young Maritimers rode trains west to work on the booming
grain farms of the Prairies. Provoked by jacked-up prices and
their new-found freedom, they fought and drank and high jinked
all the way. But they earned a reputation for reliable hard
work and helped build the Canadian West.
The story of one of Canada’s great adventures, told by those
who lived it, A. A. MacKenzie’s The Harvest Train delivers a
wild, ribald, and heartbreaking ride!
Includes photographs, interviews, and W. J. C. Cherwinski’s
“The Incredible Harvest Excursion of 1908.”
young Maritimers rode trains west to work on the booming
grain farms of the Prairies. Provoked by jacked-up prices and
their new-found freedom, they fought and drank and high jinked
all the way. But they earned a reputation for reliable hard
work and helped build the Canadian West.
The story of one of Canada’s great adventures, told by those
who lived it, A. A. MacKenzie’s The Harvest Train delivers a
wild, ribald, and heartbreaking ride!
Includes photographs, interviews, and W. J. C. Cherwinski’s
“The Incredible Harvest Excursion of 1908.”
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| _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Angus Anthony MacKenzie was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. His education began in a one-room school
in Egerton, and continued through New Glasgow High School, St. Francis Xavier University, and Dalhousie
University. He worked as a telephone lineman, farmer, factory worker, and woodsman; he taught at Westville
and East Pictou Rural High, and at Xavier Junior College, University of New Brunswick, and University of
Manitoba. He retired as Associate Professor of History at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish.
in Egerton, and continued through New Glasgow High School, St. Francis Xavier University, and Dalhousie
University. He worked as a telephone lineman, farmer, factory worker, and woodsman; he taught at Westville
and East Pictou Rural High, and at Xavier Junior College, University of New Brunswick, and University of
Manitoba. He retired as Associate Professor of History at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish.
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