From Home to Home - Autumn Wanderings in the North-West, 1881-1884 (Paperback)

Alexander Stavely Hill was the founder of Alberta's famous Oxley Ranch. A British Conservative MP from 1868 to 1900, he travelled to Canada annually between 1881 and 1884. "From Home to Home", first published in 1885, is an account of those travels. Interested in developing a new enterprise in a new country, Hill founded the Oxley in 1882, persuading veteran livestock breeder John R. Craig - later the manager of Oxley, who wrote his own memoir, "Ranching with Lords and Commons" (reprinted by Heritage House in 2006) - to drop his Canadian investors in favour of some English gentlemen whom Hill claimed had much more to invest. Ironically, a bitter feud later developed between Craig and Hill when the latter could not (or would not) supply enough money to run the enterprise properly. "From Home to Home" is a fascinating look at this historically important time and place from the perspective of a late-19th century version of an absentee landlord.

General

Imprint:	Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	October 2008
Authors:	A.S. Hill
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-894974-56-1
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN:	1-894974-56-5
Barcode:	9781894974561

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