The Great Divide (novel)
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| Author | Alan Sullivan |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical |
Publication date | 1935 |
| Publication place | Canada |
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The Great Divide is a historical novel by the Canadian writer Alan Sullivan, which was first published in 1935. It was a breakthrough work for Sullivan and was very well received by critics.[1] It depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the nineteenth century.
Film adaptation
[edit]In 1937 the novel was adapted into a British film The Great Barrier, directed by Milton Rosmer and Geoffrey Barkas at the Lime Grove Studios in London. A number of changes were made from the novel.
References
[edit]- ^ McLeod p.74
Bibliography
[edit]- McLeod, Gordon Duncan. Essentially Canadian: The Life and Fiction of Alan Sullivan, 1868-1947. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1982.
External links
[edit]- The Great Divide at Faded Page (Canada)
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