"Canada was the Magic Word": Crossing Borders in Mabel Dunham's The Trail of the Conestoga.

This article considers Mabel Dunham's 1924 historical romance The Trail of the Conestoga to argue that understanding the nationalizing narratives of exceptionalism demands a close engagement with the specific contexts in which they are invoked. Dunham's novel turns on the violent construction of the...

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Publicado en:	Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 107 - 126
Autor principal:	Zacharias, Robert
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	University of Toronto Press Apr2026
Materias:	Trail of the Conestoga, The (Book) Dunham, Mabel Border crossing Mennonites Exceptionalism (Political science) Nationalism 20th century (Literary period) Canada
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