Download or read book Selling Canada written by Daniel Francis and published by Stanton, Atlkins & Dosil. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.