The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914

After the pioneers described in The National Dream, The Last Spike and Klondike came the settlers - a million people who filled a thousand miles of prairie in a single generation. Review. "There's a vitality and life in Berton's writing that is particularly striking after re-reading other accounts of the development of the Canadian West." -- The Toronto Star From the Inside Flap. oneers described in The National Dream, The Last Spike and Klondike came the settlers — a million people who filled a thousand miles of prairie in a single generation.