{"product_id":"the-lesser-known-darren-bernhardt-9781773370484","title":"The Lesser Known: A History of Oddities from the Heart of the Continent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2021 Manuela Dias Book Design Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Manitoba Day Award Honorable Mention\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Manitoba's history is one of being carved. Ice sculpted the land before nomadic first people pressed trails across it. Southern First Nations dug into the earth to grow corn and potatoes while those in the north mined it for quartz used in arrowheads. Fur traders arrived, expanding on Indigenous trading networks and shaping new ones. Then came settlers who chiselled the terrain with villages, towns and cities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But there is failure and suffering etched into the history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Winnipeg, slums emerged as the city's population boomed. There were more workers than jobs and the pay was paltry. Immigrants and First Nations were treated as second-class, shunted to the fringes. Rebellions and strikes, political scandals and natural disasters occurred as the people molded Manitoba. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Lesser Known\u003c\/i\u003e, Darren Bernhardt shares odd tales lost in time paired with archival images, such as The Tin Can Cathedral, the first independent Ukrainian church in North America; the jail cell hidden beneath a Winnipeg theatre; the bear pit of Confusion Corner; gardening competitions between fur trading forts and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Once deemed important enough to be documented, these stories are now buried. It's time to carve away at them once again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darren Bernhardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773370480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773370484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Great Plains Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 9.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Darren Bernhardt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990830285055,"sku":"9781773370484","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e3b7f50-b1ec-45d7-955f-fcc3b97b818c.jpg?v=1683306930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lesser-known-darren-bernhardt-9781773370484","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}