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Book SynopsisBetween 1880 and the 1930s, the big railway companies, and the federal and provincial governments launched three aggressive campaigns to sell Canada at home and abroad. A blizzard of posters and pamphlets, portraying the country as a land of milk and honey, persuaded immigrants in the millions to come to Canada''s sparsely populated West and become prairie farmers. What wasn''t mentioned were the sod houses, backbreaking labour, regular droughts and long, killing winters. When World War I broke out, thousands of young Canadians volunteered for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure they thought would be over within a few months. As the war ground on, the government produced propaganda aimed at new recruits for the ranks and to convince the home front that the sacrifice was worth it. Starting in 1885 with the completion of the cpr line and the creation of the first national park in Banff, tourists from around the world were invited to experience Canada''s awe-inspiring wonders firsthand, tem
