Park Prisoners the Untold Story of Western Canada's National Parks
by Waiser, Bill
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1895618657
- ISBN 13
- 9781895618655
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Saskatoon, Sask: Fifth House, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. black cloth, dust jacket, x, 294 pages : illustrations, map, portraits, index, 26 cm., CONTENTS: Aliens ,Relief orkers,Transients Conchies,"Japs",Nazis, "this book tells the startling and little-known history of the labour camps that once existed in Canada's mountain and prairie national parks. Between 1915 and 1946, some ten thousand men were put to work in western Canada's national parks. They were the country's unwanted-unskilled workers, the jobless and the homeless, conscientious objectors, percieved enemies of the state, and prisoners of war.These men had commited no crimes....".
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125558477
- Title
- Park Prisoners the Untold Story of Western Canada's National Parks
- Author
- Waiser, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1895618657
- ISBN 13
- 9781895618655
- Publisher
- Fifth House
- Place of Publication
- Saskatoon, Sask
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- 1914-1945,Canada,Canada Histoire 1914-1945.Canada History 1914-1945,Forced labor,Forced labor Canada History Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Travail obligatoire Canada Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Travail obligatoire Canada,History National parks and reserves,Na
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About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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