TY - BOOK ID - 7614528 TI - Dustship glory : based on a true story PY - 2011 SN - 9781926836232 9781926836393 9781926836225 1926836235 1926836391 1283279762 9781283279765 1926836227 9786613279767 PB - Athabasca University Press DB - UniCat KW - Saskatchewan KW - Saskachevan KW - Saskatchewan Government KW - Government of Saskatchewan KW - SK KW - Sask. KW - Noah's Arc KW - Dirty Thirties KW - prairies KW - Sukanen, Tom - Fiction. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7614528 AB - In this new edition of a prairie classic, Andreas Schroeder fictionalizes the true story of Tom Sukanen's wild scheme to build an ocean-going ship in the middle of a wheat field in Saskatchewan. Set during the hardships of the ""Dirty Thirties,"" Dustship Glory presents us with Sukanen's mythic effort to escape both the drought and pestilence of his time, as well as his own personal struggle to be free. Featuring an illuminating foreword by beloved Saskatoon writer Don Kerr, Dustship Glory will provide Canadian and international audiences alike with the opportunity to reacquaint themselves wit ER -