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Strangers in the house : a prairie story of bigotry and belonging
- Title
- Strangers in the house : a prairie story of bigotry and belonging / Candace Savage.
- Author
- Savage, Candace, 1949-
- Publication
- Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, [2019]
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 19-5408 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 274 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expected. Napoléon Sureau dit Blondin built the house in the 1920s, an era when French-speakers like him were deemed "undesirable" by the political and social elite, who sought to populate the Canadian prairies with WASPs only. In an atmosphere poisoned first by the Orange Order and then by the Ku Klux Klan, Napoléon and his young family adopted anglicized names and did their best to disguise their "foreignness. "In Strangers in the House, Savage scours public records and historical accounts and interviews several of Napoléon's descendants, including his youngest son, to reveal a family story marked by challenge and resilience. In the process, she examines a troubling episode in Canadian history, one with surprising relevance today."--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Text in English.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-5408
- ISBN
- 9781771642040
- 1771642041
- OCLC
- 1121662657
- Author
- Savage, Candace, 1949- author.
- Title
- Strangers in the house : a prairie story of bigotry and belonging / Candace Savage.
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- Text in English.
- Chronological Term
- 1914-1945
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-5408