Park Prisoners by Bill Waiser ISBN 13: 9781895618747

Fifth House Publishers, 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Fifth House Books, 1999-03-15. Paperback. Good.

Fifth House, Calgary, 1999, Fine Softcover, 294 pages, 6.75" x 9.75".

Fifth House Books, 3/15/1999. Paperback. New. 000-585: Large Trade Size Paperback with 294 pages. No Defects. A New, Unread Book. A beautiful, square, tight copy with clean, unmarked pages. Original Canadian Price Sticker still attached at top of first page. May have a few tiny surface blemishes from store shelf or stacking. Outstanding Gift Quality. Between 1915 and 1946, the Canadian government put some ten thousand unskilled foreigners, jobless and homeless people, conscientious objectors, perceived enemies of the state, and prisoners of war to work in Western Canada's National Parks. These men had committed no crimes, but because of war or depression, they were seen as a possible threat to public order and a potential source of civil unrest. Many of the Banff, Jasper, and other national parks heritage buildings and roads were constructed through the backbreaking work of the internees in these labour camps. More than 125 archival photographs illustrate this compelling history of how these men… Read More

Fifth House Books, 1999-03-15. 1. Paperback. Used:Good.

Saskatoon: Fifth House Publishers, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp.294.Between 1915 and 1946, the Canadian government put some ten thousand unskilled foreigners, jobless and homeless people, conscientious objectors, perceived enemies of the state, and prisoners of war to work in western Canada's national parks. These men had committed no crimes, but because of war or depression, they were seen as a possible threat to…

Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Fifth House Publishers, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 294pp. bw photos, ports. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Large octavo: 248 x 172mm. 2nd SC printing.

Markham, Ontario: Fifth House Ltd. 978-1-895618-74-7 [978-1-895618-74-7] 1995. (Mass market paperback) x, 294pp. As new. 8vo. In the years between 1915 and 1946, the Canadian Government put to work in Canada's national parks, some 10,000 individuals, immigrants, the jobless, the homeless, conscientious objectors, those perceived as potential enemies of state, and prisoners of war. The men had committed no crimes, but because of the World Wars and the Great Depression, they were seen as threats to public order and possible sources of civil unrest. Many of the heritage buildings in Banff, Jasper, and in the other national parks of Western Canada were constructed through the hard labour of the internees in these work camps. Included are maps as well as more than 125 black and white archival photographs. As new..

Saskatoon: Fifth House 978-1-895618-74-7 [978-1-895618-74-7] 1999, 1st paperback edition. (Trade paperback) 294pp. Near fine. Photographs, notes, maps, index. (Western Canada, Conscientious Objectors, Conscript Labor, Depression, Detention Camps--Canada, Forced Labor, Internment, National Parks--Canada, Prisoners of War--Canada, World War 1, World War 2).