Title: Vicarious Pioneer
Description: A biography of 19th century Mennonite entrepreneur, Jacob Y. Shantz. He lived in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, Canada. He became wealthy manufacturing buttons, but is best known for his assistance to Mennonites immigrating to Manitoba from Russia in the 1870s.
Subjects: Biography, Emigration and immigration, History, Mennonites
Places: Manitoba, Ontario, Soviet Union
People: J. Y. Shantz (1822-1909)