| #3395370 in Books | Boston Mills Press | 2004-10-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.38 x11.00l, | File type: PDF | 120 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent photography|By Wayne Parsons|Photos of existing and removed grain elevators, along with just the right amount of text, make this an excellent book for anyone interested in the Canadian wheat growing regions or railroads. The book had good information and photos about the railroads that passed by the grain elevators and how grain shipment by rail was handled. Wheat K||Wheat Kings is a eulogy for a dying way of life...McDonnell has done a wonderful job of preserving a vanishing era. ... The small sections of prose in this volume are beautifully written, and I wish there were more of them. (MTH Railroaders Club magazine
As the twenty-first century marches forward, the country grain elevator rapidly nears extinction. These classic wooden structures once used to store grain are being torn down by the hundreds along with thousands of miles of railway branchlines. A proud and honored way of life is coming to end.
Wheat Kings is a lavishly illustrated and poignantly written look at the passing of the traditional northern prairie grain elevators and the communities and r...
You easily download any file type for your device.Wheat Kings: Vanishing Landmarks of the Canadian Prairies | Greg McDonnell. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
