Gone But Not Forgotten: Tales of the Disappearing Grain Elevators

by Elizabeth McLachlan, Sharon Butala (Editor)

Gone But Not Forgotten: Tales of the Disappearing Grain Elevators is a treasure trove of stories that reach beyond the buildings of timber and nails and put a human face on the history of these towering structures that once represented prosperity and stability on the Prairie landscape. Through a series of biographical sketches and photographs, this book portrays a vivid picture of life in and around Prairie grain elevators over the past century.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2004

Reviews

[Steve Boyko · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of tales about grain elevators, this book should be required reading for anyone interested in the prairie sentinels.

[Aaron Lorenz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good humerus read that makes the economist in me question somewhat the value of efficiency and perhaps more importantly question whether the pursuit of progress and efficiency is actually the cause of the decline of rural communities or whether the camaraderie and community described through out the book could be replicated in the modern world.

[Gwen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of memories about grain elevators. Very interesting to anyone familiar with them.

[Christopher May · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic series of vignettes of elevators and the people associated with them. MacLachlan does a wonderful job of telling both her own stories and stories from the past century of the men and women who worked in and around Canada's beautiful wooden prairie sentinels. There's a melancholy to the book while reading that most of the elevators in the book are now gone. That's tempered with the knowledge that these stories are now preserved like a few of the elevators themselves. Very highly recommended for anyone who loves elevators or the charm of rural life and the hardy, inventive people who choose it.