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Strangers in the house, a prairie story of bigotry and belonging, Candace Savage

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Strangers in the house, a prairie story of bigotry and belonging, Candace Savage

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index

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contains biographical information

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mapsportraitsgenealogical tables

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Strangers in the house

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1121662657

Responsibility statement

Candace Savage

Sub title

a prairie story of bigotry and belonging

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

Table Of Contents

1. Little House -- 2. Tangled Roots -- 3. Making Connections -- 4. An Agitation of Ghosts -- 5. Township of Tiny -- 6. Prairie Fire -- 7. Land Claims -- 8. Proving Up -- 9. Crystal Beach -- 10. Battle Grounds -- 11. Hard Times -- 12. Invisible Empire -- 13. Revelations -- Blondin Family Tree (Partial) -- Map of Places in the Text

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