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035			_a(DE-B1597)9781442653603
035			_a(DE-B1597)479298
035			_a(OCoLC)992489870
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aHN13 _b.D883 1977
072		7	_aBIO006000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a306.09 _223
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_ade Gelder, Willem _eautore
245	1	2	_aA Dutch Homesteader On The Prairies : _bThe Letters of Wilhelm de Gelder 1910-13 / _cWillem de Gelder.
264		1	_aToronto : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _c[1973]
264		4	_c©1973
300			_a1 online resource (92 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aHeritage
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aThe letters in this volume, found in the original Dutch in the archives of the Netherlands Emigration Service in Holland, form a unique chronicle of one European homesteader in Saskatchewan from 1910 to 1913. They were written by Willem dr Gelder whose experience as a homesteader was typical of that of hundreds of thousands of newcomers to the prairies in the greatest years of western expansion just before the First World War. As a European immigrant he was able to write from a special perspective often ignored in Anglo-Saxon accounts of western development. Minute and perceptive observations of daily life are contained in his letters; together with the recollections of friends and neighbours who spoke well of him, this volume forms the portrait of a singular man who personified the toughness and persistence of the western pioneer. De Gelder was born in the 1880s in Doorn, the son of a well-to-do banker, and received all the benefits of birth in an upper-class home, including a university education. He came to Canada in 1910 and by the 1920s he had become a successful homesteader owning a half-section of land, meeting his bills, and joining in the community life. But in 1922 he rented out his land, went to the Netherlands to see his family, and returning to Canada he disposed of his homestead - and vanished. This book traces the compass of his life in Canada, revealing the doubts and fears which culminated in his disappearance; it highlights the anguish that all immigrants, new and old, suffered when they took the crucial step of beginning a new life.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650		0	_aSocial history.
650		4	_aDISCOUNT-B.
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aGanzevoort, Herman _eautore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442653603
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442653603/original
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