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Published by Watson and Dwyer Publishing Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1997
ISBN 10: 0920486045ISBN 13: 9780920486047
Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Softcover. pp. 271. 8vo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations. Light rubbing to the covers, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+. Scarce in commerce. From 1870 to 1930 British 'Home' children - over 100,000 of them - arrived to work on Canadian farms. Travelling in groups of up to four hundred, their worldly possessions in small metal trunks, they came from the discipline of British 'Homes' to the land that was believed to offer the best hope for their future. Some of them are still living; their personal stories have been compiled and edited by Phillys Harrison.