Grass Roots by Heather Robertson ISBN 13: 9780888620453

James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: James Lewis & Samuel, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition in clean dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable clear mylar cover. Beige cloth boards are clean except for tape shadow marks to board edges; no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with photographs by Myfanwy Phillips. 373 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears. For more than a year, Heather Robertson travelled through Western Canada, visiting half a dozen small towns to meet people and ask questions -- getting the story of wheat farmers, accounts of life in the towns like Biggar, Moose Jaw, Winkler, and Miami..

James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Toronto: James Lewis & Samuel, 1973. For more than a year, Heather Robertson travelled through Western Canada, visiting half a dozen small towns to meet people and ask questions. This book is the result.....the story of wheat farmers like Gordon Taylor who has 800 acres near Landis, Saskatchewan, and an account of life in towns like Bigger, Moose Jaw, Winkler and Miami. "For all westerners, even city people," writes Hearher Robertson, " the farmer is the touchstone, our fertility symbol, the core of our mythology. He is the grass roots, the salt of the earth, the moral fibre of the nation.....his gradual disappearance shakes our sense of identity of our history." Grass Roots deals with a subject which is central to our understanding of what this country is. Notes on sources, bibliography and a list of photogrphs can be found at the rear of the book. An extremely generous section of photographs ( all on heavier semi-gloss stock) provided. Clean beige-green boards. Fep and… Read More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : James Lewis & Samuel , 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. With Wear And Tear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Heather Robertson's Classic Account Of Life And Death On The Canadian Prairie Was Praised And Reviled With Equal Vehemence When It First Appeared: A Pack Of Lies Said One Reviewer; Dynamite Said Another. Both Her Reporting And Analysis Are, In Fact, Explosive. The Book Offers Intimate Profiles Of Four Modern Prairie Towns And Of The Immense Difficulties Faced By Farmers In Western Canada. It Offers Sweeping Descriptions Of The Forces That Led To The Settlement Of The West, And Examines How Those Same Forces, Controlled From Eastern Canada, Are Causing The Inexorable Decline Of Many Rural Communities. Grass Roots Is A Superb Portrait Of An Imperilled Way Of Life, Combining Economics, History And Politics With A Remarkable Eye For Storytelling.

Toronto: James Lewis & Samuel, 1973. First edition. hardcover. very good/worn. 8vo. pp.373, previous owners name on half title page

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.