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The Great Divide (novel)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print

Author
  
Alan Sullivan

Country
  
Canada

Publication date
  
1935

Originally published
  
1935

Genre
  
Historical Fiction

Alan Sullivan books
  
Three Came to Ville Marie, The passing of Oul‑i‑but, The Rapids, Peak Performance!!: Merging

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. It depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the nineteenth century.

Film adaptation

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

The Great Divide (novel) Wikipedia