Wheat Kings: Vanishing Landmarks of the Canadian Prairies
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155046423X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
As the twenty-first century marches forward, the country grain elevator rapidly nears extinction. The book is organized by six concise essays. Wheat Kings is a lavishly illustrated and poignantly written look at the passing of the traditional northern prairie grain elevators and the communities and railcars that served them. These include:Wheat Kings: brief history of grain elevatorsOf Peddlers, Pullers and Tramps: the prairie railroad systemSomething Big on the Horizon: concrete high-capacity super elevatorsMcMahon - Hard Times on the Prairies: a forgotten townThe Last Harvest: an elevator comes downBuffalo Bones: the end of the railroad grain cars.Wheat Kings is a chronicle of the end of an era as witnessed by on
Mr. J. C. O'Donoghue said Great photos. This is essentially a collection of very poignant photos, since many of the grain elevators will have been demolished by now. The praries will be a whole lot lonelier with their absence. The text is fairly short, but informative. If you love the prairies, you'll love this book.. Robin said The prairie elevator gets the McDonnell treatment. Greg McDonnell's name on this book was enough justification for me to buy a copy. I bought a couple of his train books years ago, in particular Signatures in Steel which is all about freight railroading in Canada. To my mind he is one of the few professional photographers who can't take a bad shot and Wheat Kings is full of beautifully compositions. It's his knack of framing . "Excellent photography" according to Wayne Parsons. Photos of existing and removed grain elevators, along with just the right amount of text, make this an excellent book for anyone interested in the Canadian wheat growing regions or railroads. The book had good information and photos about the railroads that passed by the grain elevators and how grain shipment by rail was handled. Wheat Kings explained how the grain elevators
Wheat Kings is a eulogy for a dying way of lifeMcDonnell has done a wonderful job of preserving a vanishing era. The small sections of prose in this volume are beautifully written, and I wish there were more of them. (MTH Railroaders Club magazine)
His acclaimed large-format pictorials include Canadian Pacific, Signatures in Steel, Heartland, U-Boats: General Electric's Diesel Locomotives, and Passing Trains. Greg is a featured columnist for Trains magazine. He is currently at work on a new book and overseeing a Masters of Railway Photography book series for Boston Mills Press. . Each new book by Greg McDonnell is a major event in the large railfan community, and Boston Mills