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"I grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada, where visits to our local public library were the highlight of my life."

"comprised between the Mississippi, the Red River of Lake Winnepeg, the Saskaskawan, and the Missouri"

"we are led to presume that it may approach the Saskashawan and afford a communication with that river."

"we thought it probable that it did not even penetrate the Rocky mountains, but drew it sources from the open country towards the lower and middle parts of the Saskashawan, in a direction north of this place."

"They added, that from this place to the establishment on the Saskashawan, at which they trade, is only six days’ easy march; that is, such a day’s journey as can be made with their women and children, so that we computed the distance at one hundred and fifty miles."

Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner

"In a recollection of his boyhood in southern Saskatchewan, Stegner creates a wise and enduring portrait of a pioneer community existing on the verge of the modern world."