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Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Notes on the Author and the Editor
Introduction
Chronology of the Vancouver Strike and the On to Ottawa Trek, 1935
Part One : Recollections of the On to Ottawa Trek
A Note on Editing, Part One
Chapter I: Prelude to Struggle
Chapter II: The Origin of the Family
Chapter III: The Slave Camps
Chapter IV: Strike
Chapter V: The Trek
Part Two: Documents Related to the Vancouver Strike and the on to Ottawa Trek
A Note on Editing, Part Two
1. The Report of the Macdonald Commission
2. The Vancouver Relief Camp Strike
3. The On to Ottawa Trek
4. The Interview Between the Delegation of Strikers and the Prime Minister and His Cabinet, June 22, 1935
5. Continuing Documents on the on the Trek
6. The Regina Riot
7. Debate in the House of Commons
Footnotes for Part one
Suggestions for Further Reading