The Pioneer Farmer and Backwoodsman: Volume One

Edwin Guillet

Published by University of Toronto Press 1963

The Pioneer Farmer and Backwoodsman

Volume One

Edwin Guillet

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487596323

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About this book

This lavishly illustrated book relates the story of the Canadian farm and farmer from the primitive to the machine age.

Author / Editor information

Guillet Edwin :

Edwin C. Guillet (1898-1975) was educated at the University of Toronto (B.A. 1922) and at McMaster University (B.A. 1926; M.A. 1927). He joined the staff of Lindsay Collegiate in 1923 and the Central Technical School in Toronto in 1926, remaining until 1934. From 1958 to 1962 he served as research historian with the Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives. In 1963 he was appointed consultant on Canadiana to the Library of Trent University. He was the author of Early Life in Upper Canada and many other books, was noted especially for his works on social and local history.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
FOREWORD Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	x
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xviii
CHAPTER I. INDIAN AND FRENCH AGRICULTURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER II. THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
CHAPTER III. EMIGRATION ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
CHAPTER IV. ASCENDING THE ST. LAWRENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
CHAPTER V. THE PIONEER HOME Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
CHAPTER VI. FOOD AND CLOTHING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
CHAPTER VII. FARM IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
CHAPTER VIII. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
CHAPTER IX. DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
CHAPTER X. TRAVEL AND COMMUNICATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
CHAPTER XI. INNS AND TAVERNS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
CHAPTER XII. THE PIONEER WOMAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
CHAPTER XIII. AMUSEMENT AND SOCIAL LIFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
CHAPTER XIV. PIONEER SOCIETIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
CHAPTER XV. EDUCATION AND CULTURAL LIFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
CHAPTER XVI. RELIGIOUS LIFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
CHAPTER XVII. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SETTLERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
CHAPTER XVIII. CHOOSING A LOT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
CHAPTER XIX. CLEARING THE LAND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1963
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 376
Illustrations
- Other: 450 b&w illustrations

eBook

Published: December 15, 1963
ISBN: 9781487596323