Thomas Templeton was born in Burnley, Lancashire, in 1905 and lived there with his parents and two sisters, Annie and Mildred, until 18th April 1923, when he set sail for Canada aboard the SS Aurania.
The Great Country by Jean Allen Leaving England as a young man, the author set out for western Canada with little more than hope and a willingness to work. Over the next seven years, he learned the hard way what it meant to farm on the prairies. " class="product_extract"> The Great Country by Jean Allen Leaving England as a young man, the author set out for western Canada with little more than hope and a willingness to work. Over the next seven years, he learned the hard way what it meant to farm on the prairies.
