num_pages: 89
description: Recounts how a group of city-dwellers, most of them utterly ignorant of farming, were recruited in the British Isles in 1903 as settlers on the Canadian prairie, and describes the hardships they faced and how many of them eventually managed to overcome these difficulties.Recounts how British city-dwellers, ignorant of farming, were recruited in 1903 to settle the Canadian prairie
language: English
title: A Prairie Nightmare : Canada Moves West
titlecomplete: A Prairie Nightmare : Canada Moves West
ratings_count: 4
places: Canadian Prairies
publisher: McClelland & Stewart