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Tornado of '26 • 9
Blizzard of '36 • 18
Dust Storm of '39 • 22
King of Hoboes • 29
One Friday The Thirteenth • 43
Trade-ins • 52
The Cascades • 61
Photo-Finish • 65
A $6.50 Touch • 68
Pre-Dawn Capers • 71
Almost • 76
Scat! • 77
Possum • 78
A Friendly Wager • 79
Eulogies to a 'T' • 80
Murder Incorporated-In a Keg • 85
The Breaking Point • 88
Horse-Laugh • 91
A Lunch Encounter • 96
Petty Irritations • 106
I Remember • 108
Round Trip • 119
Suspended • 164
A One and Twenty Mile Stint • 173
POETRY
Canada - That First Year on the Boat • 183
The Train • 191
Stooking (Mostly .. ) • 202
Threshing • 220
Fall Work • 247
Winter • 276
Bygone Prairie Days • 283
Pioneer Days • 293
A Toast To You • 295
Interlude • 295
Old House • 296
Reverie • 298
One February Evening • 299
Nosey Porkers • 300
Minor Tragedy • 301
The Canny “Bach” • 302
Barn Swallows • 304
Autumn Days • 306
The Happy Return • 309
The Snowbank And Me • 311
The Dance That Wasn’t • 313
Farm Cooperation Fifth Column • 314
Serenity • 314
A Memory Relived • 315
To The Lonely Heights • 315
In Excelsis • 316
Time • 317
In Appreciation • 318
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Illustrated
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MURDER INC.-IN A KEG AND OTHER TRUE STORIES
by
Harold J. Treherne
In the 1920s, 1923, to be exact, thousands of men from Britain arrived in Canada to help with the harvest. The possibilities of life in that sprawling semi-continent were painted in glowing terms by the recruiters and the steamship companies, assisted by the Government. Some of the newcomers succumbed to the frustrations of a city boy trying to adjust to the hardships of life on the farm. One who did not give up was Harold J. Treherne. Mr. Treherne is glad he stuck it out. And readers will be equally happy that he did.
These recollections of early days on the vast prairies of Saskatchewan are, by turns, dramatic, amusing, suspenseful, but always fascinating. There are true tales of the tornado of 1926; the blizzard of 1936; the dust storm of 1939 – and all the forces of Nature. Throughout all the sketches there are pen portraits of unique personalities, some of them characters, to be sure, but always memorable. The growth of "Blighty," the greenhorn who is Mr. Treherne, is traced through the stories that are mainly about some other subject or individual. How be came to terms with horses, for instance, reveals at once his humor and his response to nature in all its ramifications.
The sketch, "The Cascades," and the longer report of a visit to the United States and the western part of Canada, "Round Trip," show the author's sensitivity to the wonders of nature, even as they recall amusing or annoying incidents in the course of his trips. "Round Trip" has been illustrated by Mr. Treherne.
For "below the border" Americans, this is a marvelous introduction to "above the border" Americans.
Published by Vantage Press, Inc. 516 West 34th Street, New York, N.Y. 10001. (1974)
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