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Vicarious PioneerVicarious Pioneer

Vicarious Pioneer

Samuel J. Steiner

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A biography of 19th century Mennonite entrepreneur, Jacob Y. Shantz. He lived in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, Canada. He became wealthy manufacturing buttons, but is best known for his assistance to Mennonites immigrating to Manitoba from Russia in the 1870s.

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OL Work ID
OL4388736W

Subjects

BiographyEmigration and immigrationHistoryMennonites

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