{"product_id":"the-cowkeepers-wish-a-genealogical-journey-9781771622028","title":"The Cowkeeper's Wish: A Genealogical Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1840s, a young cowkeeper and his wife arrive in London, England, having walked from coastal Wales with their cattle. They hope to escape poverty, but instead they plunge deeper into it, and the family, ensconced in one of London's \"black holes,\" remains mired there for generations. \u003cem\u003eThe Cowkeeper's Wish\u003c\/em\u003e follows the couple's descendants in and out of slum housing, bleak workhouses and insane asylums, through tragic deaths, marital strife and war. Nearly a hundred years later, their great-granddaughter finds herself in an altogether different London, in southern Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Cowkeeper's Wish\u003c\/em\u003e, Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski trace their ancestors' path to Canada, using a single family's saga to give meaningful context to a fascinating period in history--Victorian and then Edwardian England, the First World War and the Depression. Beginning with little more than enthusiasm, a collection of yellowed photographs and a family tree, the sisters scoured archives and old newspapers, tracked down streets, pubs and factories that no longer exist, and searched out secrets buried in crumbling ledgers, building on the fragments that remained of family tales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile this family story is distinct, it is also typical, and so all the more worth telling. As a working-class chronicle stitched into history, \u003cem\u003eThe Cowkeeper's Wish\u003c\/em\u003e offers a vibrant, absorbing look at the past that will captivate genealogy enthusiasts and readers of history alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracy Kasaboski\u003c\/strong\u003e and her sister, Kristen den Hartog, co-authored \u003cem\u003eThe Occupied Garden: A Family Memoir of War-Torn Holland\u003c\/em\u003e (McClelland and Stewart, 2008), which was selected as one of \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e's best books of the year. She lives in Deep River, ON.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristen den Hartog\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of several books including \u003cem\u003eThe Perpetual Ending\u003c\/em\u003e (Knopf, 2003), as well as \u003cem\u003eAnd Me Among Them\u003c\/em\u003e (Freehand Books, 2011), which won the Alberta Book Publishing Award for Trade Fiction. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51811723247890,"sku":"9781771622028","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_82b2eac0-6aa4-4bd6-b33a-8f6955691223.jpg?v=1766488735","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cowkeepers-wish-a-genealogical-journey-9781771622028","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}