81 - Woodsmen of the West: Realism in British Columbia

A Cultural History of Canada

In which we discuss a milestone in Canadian realism, Woodsmen of the West (1908). What does it tell us about the early logging industry, workers' rights, and masculinity? A lot actually! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: [e-mail]; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). ---Further reading:

• Dean, Misao. “The Construction of Masculinity in Martin Allerdale Grainger’s Woodsmen of the West.” Canadian Literature 149, 1996, pp. 74-87.

• Endicott, Stephen Lyon. “Woodsmen of the West.” Raising the Workers’ Flag: The Workers’ Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936, University of Toronto Press, 2012, pp. 244–62.

• Grainger, M. Allerdale, Woodsmen of the West, New Canadian Library, 1908 [1973].

• Tippett, Maria. “Butchering the Garden of Eden: Martin Allerdale Grainger.” Made In British Columbia: Eight Ways Of Making Culture, Harbour Publishing, pp. 30-50.