Frontier Farewell - by Garrett Wilson (Paperback)

About the Book

A great read that shatters the mythology surrounding the "taming" of the West.

Book Synopsis

"Gracefully written, fully and meticulously researched." -- Sharon Butala, author of The Perfection of the Morning

"Frontier Farewell offers new perspectives on everything from the transfer of Rupert's Land to Canada, the Manitoba Resistance of 1869-70, and the Numbered Treaties of the 1870s, to the surveys of the Canadian Prairies, the coming of the North-West Mounted Police, and the fallout from the Battle of the Little Big Horn." -- Ted Binnema, Department of History, University of Northern British Columbia

"Frontier Farewell has energy and glory." -- The StarPhoenix

"Wilson...writes with great elegance and clarity." -- James A. Hanson, Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly

Frontier Farewell "ends with the disastrous bloodletting--the gruesome unwinding of a two-hundred-year experiment." -- Lionel Hughes, Prairies North

Review Quotes

" "Frontier Farewell offers new perspectives on everything from the transfer of Rupert's Land to Canada, the Manitoba Resistance of 1869-70, and the Numbered Treaties of the 1870s, to the surveys of the Canadian Prairies, the coming of the North-West Mounted Police, and the fallout from the Battle of the Little Big Horn...You just might want to buy two copies--one for yourself, and one for a friend." -Ted Binnema, Department of History, University of Northern British Columbia"--Ted Binnema

About the Author

Garrettt Wilson is a Regina lawyer turned author. His first book, Deny, Deny, Deny, the best-selling account of the Colin Thatcher trial, was followed by Diefenbaker for the Defence, a biography of the legal career of the Saskatchewan lawyer who became Prime Minister. Then came Guilty Addictions, a mystery that delved deeply into the politics of Saskatchewan. In 2007, he published Frontier Farewell, winner of the Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing.