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The Great Wave of Civilization

by (author) Herschel Hardin

Publisher
Talonbooks
Initial publish date
Jan 1976
Category
Canadian, 19th Century, Prairie Provinces (AB, MB, SK)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889221062
    Publish Date
    Jan 1976
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

The Great Wave of Civilization is Herschel Hardin’s play about the destruction of the people of the Blackfoot Confederacy by the liquor trade in Montana and Alberta in the 19th century. Little Dog of the Northern Blackfoot tribe vs. Snookum Jim, free trader, I.G. Baker, merchant-prince of Fort Benton and the rest of the “great wave of civilization.”

Cast of five women and 13 men.

About the author

Born in Alberta in 1936, Herschel Hardin has written many non-fiction books on Canadian society and politics, and plays including Esker Mike and His Wife, Agiluk (1973) and The Great Wave of Civilization (1976). He recently ran for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party. He lives in West Vancouver, B.C.

Herschel Hardin's profile page

Editorial Reviews

“A fabel of genocide with conscience-raising fervour.”
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