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Book The Bunkhouse Man

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edmund W. Bradwin
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 1972-12-15
  • ISBN : 1442650761
  • Pages : 327 pages

Download or read book The Bunkhouse Man written by Edmund W. Bradwin and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1972-12-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalists and poets, economists and political historians, have told the story of Canada’s railways, but their accounts pay little attention to the workers who built them. The Bunkhouse Man is the only study devoted to these men and their lives in construction camps; a pioneering work in sociology, it is still the best description of what it was like to be a working man in Canada before the First World War. E.W. Bradwin drew on his own experience as an instructor for Frontier College, working alongside his students during the day and teaching at night, to present this graphic portrait of life in the camps from 1903 to 1914. No detached observer, Bradwin played a vigorous role trying to improve the lot of the men—practicing the sociology of engagement advocated by radical sociologists today. Work camps have existed in Canada from early pioneer times to the 1970s and are unlikely to disappear. In the years of Bradwin’s study there were as many as 3,000 large camps employing 200,000 men, 5 per cent of the male labour force. Like the settling of the prairies, these camps are a characteristic Canadian phenomenon, but they have never drawn comparable attention. The republication of The Bunkhouse Man, with an introduction by Jean Burnet, makes available once more a work essential to the exploration of Canada’s history and social structure.

Book The Boys in the Bunkhouse

Download or read book The Boys in the Bunkhouse written by Dan Barry and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives. In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual disability and all from Texas, lived in an old schoolhouse. Before dawn each morning, they were bussed to a nearby processing plant, where they eviscerated turkeys in return for food, lodging, and $65 a month. They lived in near servitude for more than thirty years, enduring increasing neglect, exploitation, and physical and emotional abuse—until state social workers, local journalists, and one tenacious labor lawyer helped these men achieve freedom. Drawing on exhaustive interviews, Dan Barry dives deeply into the lives of the men, recording their memories of suffering, loneliness and fleeting joy, as well as the undying hope they maintained despite their traumatic circumstances. Barry explores how a small Iowa town remained oblivious to the plight of these men, analyzes the many causes for such profound and chronic negligence, and lays out the impact of the men’s dramatic court case, which has spurred advocates—including President Obama—to push for just pay and improved working conditions for people living with disabilities. A luminous work of social justice, told with compassion and compelling detail, The Boys in the Bunkhouse is more than just inspired storytelling. It is a clarion call for a vigilance that ensures inclusion and dignity for all.

Book The Bunkhouse Man

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  • Author : Chʻang-wei Chʻiu
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 682 pages

Download or read book The Bunkhouse Man written by Chʻang-wei Chʻiu and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bunkhouse Man

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edmund William Bradwin
  • Publisher : Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, 296
  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book The Bunkhouse Man written by Edmund William Bradwin and published by Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, 296. This book was released on 1928 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheds light on the lives of workers, known as bunkhouse men, who worked for the National Transcontinental Railway in Canada during the early 1900's. Examines issues such as the work, pay, housing, and medical care.

Book Of Mice and Men

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  • Author : John Steinbeck
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2018-11
  • ISBN : 0359199143
  • Pages : 106 pages

Download or read book Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Mice and Men es una novela escrita por el autor John Steinbeck. Publicado en 1937, cuenta la historia de George Milton y Lennie Small, dos trabajadores desplazados del rancho migratorio, que se mudan de un lugar a otro en California en busca de nuevas oportunidades de trabajo durante la Gran Depresión en los Estados Unidos.

Book Ride the Man Down

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  • Author : Luke Short
  • Publisher : Open Road Media
  • Release : 2016-10-18
  • ISBN : 1504039858
  • Pages : 158 pages

Download or read book Ride the Man Down written by Luke Short and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the top twenty-five westerns of all time: an action-packed tale about a range war in a violent town—and the honest foreman who risks his life to keep the peace. Phil Evarts is dead, and the Hatchet Range is up for grabs. That’s 70,000 acres of prime turf just waiting for the man rich enough to buy it . . . or the gunman crazy enough to kill for it. Every schemer in town has his eyes on Hatchet, and Bide Mariner leads the charge. An unscrupulous rancher who’ll stop at nothing for cash, Mariner has the money and the guns to take whatever he wants. Only Will Ballard stands in his way—and that means Ballard is marked for death. The foreman at Hatchet Range, Ballard is an honest man who’ll do anything to keep the ranch from falling into Mariner’s hands. In a town so rotten with greed that even the sheriff is against him, Ballard must stand alone to save this little piece of the American West. Voted one of the top twenty-five westerns of all time by the Western Writers of America and made into a 1952 Republic film starring Rod Cameron, Ride the Man Down showcases award-winning author Luke Short at the height of his writing powers.

Book Men in the Land

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  • Author : J.P. Lucas
  • Publisher : Trafford Publishing
  • Release : 2015-12-03
  • ISBN : 1490760466
  • Pages : 231 pages

Download or read book Men in the Land written by J.P. Lucas and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men in the Land is a compilation of stories that deal with real men. Men and their immovable foundations, their women, facing difficult and deadly circumstances, who understand the foundational basis of morality and decency, love of family, friends, and country. These men must deal with immorality, greed, and danger decisively, and sometimes violently, while maintaining their own integrity. Each man, in real life, must face similar decisions for himself. There are those who would destroy us. Men in the Land are the bulwark against destruction. Kender, Stepp, Openshaw, and Trapper White, their neighbors and friends, each, in their own way, are men who inspire us to fight, against all odds, for that which is rightfully ours. They irreversibly influence the world around them. Men in the Land are monuments to positive values, hard won, and honest achievement. They stand for something. They are granite, bigger than life, strong, and immovable. Our nation is today because there were Men in the Land.

Book Journey Of The Mountain Man

Download or read book Journey Of The Mountain Man written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books . This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smoke Jensen is on the trail to Montana to rescue a relative from a range war in this gritty Western adventure by the USA Today bestselling author. Smoke Jensen couldn't have cared less that a range war had erupted in Montana. But his cousin Fae was stuck right in the middle of a hundred-gun showdown that was about to explode in bullets and blood. When Smoke strapped on his Colts and went to Fae's aid, he knew the deck was stacked against him. Even when he was joined by four old friends, it looked like it was going to be his final stand. But if anyone could buck the odds, it was Smoke Jensen, the last mountain man.

Book Poor Man s Medicine

Download or read book Poor Man s Medicine written by Dayton Lummis and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: POOR MANS MEDICINE is the third volume of what can be called The Notational Trilogyacerbic views, interpretations and opinions about contemporary human existence, society, the environment, culture, and everything else. These pieces are sometimes wistful thoughts of things past, or often unease about the future that we are being dragged into. About previous books in this trilogy, readers have said they have been informed, amused andoftenoutraged! These reactions will continue, and, as before, the reader WILL NOT BE BORED!

Book The Dry Bottom Trilogy  The Two Gun Man  The Coming of the Law   Firebrand Trevison

Download or read book The Dry Bottom Trilogy The Two Gun Man The Coming of the Law Firebrand Trevison written by Charles Alden Seltzer and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Two-Gun Man – Stafford is a cattleman from the Two Diamond ranch whose herds are being devastated, so he goes to the town of Dry Bottom in order to find help. He meets Ned Ferguson who starts working undercover as a stray-man at the ranch, with an assignment to dispose rustlers, but his attention is being sidetracked by Mary Radford, a lovely neighbor who lives near the ranch. The Coming of the Law – Kent Hollis is a young journalist who lives on the East, but when his father dies Hollis returns to Dry Bottom, where he inherits the ranch, and also his father's newspaper – Dry Bottom Kicker. Soon he finds out that the whole town, the county, and sheriff are being controlled and intimidated by a crooked cattleman named Bill Dunlavey, and he starts a decisive and dangerous campaign against him. "Firebrand" Trevison is a cowboy, an owner of the Diamond K ranch and a stand-up guy who isn't afraid to speak his mind and fight for what is right. Expanding of the railroad from the town of Dry Bottom gets him in conflict with Mr. Corrigan, who is trying to cheat landowners of the county. As always, there is a pretty woman involved. Charles Alden Seltzer (1875-1942) was a prolific American author of western novels. He wrote his westerns from the experience of living on his uncle's ranch in New Mexico. Seltzer's best works include The Two-Gun Man, The Boss of the Lazy Y, Drag Harlan and West. Many of his novels were turned into Hollywood movies.

Book TALES OF DRY BOTTOM     Complete Trilogy  The Two Gun Man  The Coming of the Law   Firebrand Trevison

Download or read book TALES OF DRY BOTTOM Complete Trilogy The Two Gun Man The Coming of the Law Firebrand Trevison written by Charles Alden Seltzer and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: “TALES OF DRY BOTTOM – Complete Trilogy: The Two-Gun Man, The Coming of the Law & Firebrand Trevison)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Two-Gun Man – Stafford is a cattleman from the Two Diamond ranch whose herds are being devastated, so he goes to the town of Dry Bottom in order to find help. He meets Ned Ferguson who starts working undercover as a stray-man at the ranch, with an assignment to dispose rustlers, but his attention is being sidetracked by Mary Radford, a lovely neighbor who lives near the ranch. The Coming of the Law – Kent Hollis is a young journalist who lives on the East, but when his father dies Hollis returns to Dry Bottom, where he inherits the ranch, and also his father's newspaper – Dry Bottom Kicker. Soon he finds out that the whole town, the county, and sheriff are being controlled and intimidated by a crooked cattleman named Bill Dunlavey, and he starts a decisive and dangerous campaign against him. “Firebrand” Trevison is a cowboy, an owner of the Diamond K ranch and a stand-up guy who isn't afraid to speak his mind and fight for what is right. Expanding of the railroad from the town of Dry Bottom gets him in conflict with Mr. Corrigan, who is trying to cheat landowners of the county. As always, there is a pretty woman involved. Charles Alden Seltzer (1875-1942) was a prolific American author of western novels. He wrote his westerns from the experience of living on his uncle's ranch in New Mexico. Seltzer's best works include The Two-Gun Man, The Boss of the Lazy Y, Drag Harlan and West. Many of his novels were turned into Hollywood movies.

Book Homes for Workmen

Download or read book Homes for Workmen written by Southern Pine Association and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bunkhouse Boys from the Lazy Daisy Ranch

Download or read book The Bunkhouse Boys from the Lazy Daisy Ranch written by Duane Bryers and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Two Gun Man

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Alden Seltzer
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2020-08-11
  • ISBN : 3752421894
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book The Two Gun Man written by Charles Alden Seltzer and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Two-Gun Man by Charles Alden Seltzer

Book Columbia University Studies in the Social Sciences

Download or read book Columbia University Studies in the Social Sciences written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Two gun Man

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Alden Seltzer
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1911
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 358 pages

Download or read book The Two gun Man written by Charles Alden Seltzer and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dead Man s Trail

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frank Leslie
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 0451238451
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Dead Man s Trail written by Frank Leslie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the acclaimed Yakima Henry series comes a Christmas-themed western. Christmas for Yakima Henry isn't all that merry... Yakima Henry is hunting wild horses with his partner, Lewis Shackleford, when they're attacked by desperadoes. A mysterious gunman with a Sharps rifle sends the thieves running. But when they go to thank their savior, they find him dead--with a large poke of gold amongst his gear. Haunted by the man's death, Yakima takes it upon himself to take the gold to the shooter's family. But even around Christmas, nothing is easy. On the trip through the snowy Wyoming mountains, Yakima will have to fight hard to save himself and his traveling companions--including a beautiful woman on the run--from predators both animal and human.