Tell the stories by Dutch immigrant parents and grandparents, and their friends to the Next Generation. Let these popular books do the talking for you. These four make excellent gifts for any occasion, jointly and separately. Order this bundle while quantities last. * Floral Passion, An explosion of colour and heartwarming stories This coffee-table format volume features a collection of heart-warming stories and stunning photographs. The book describes the thriving Niagara region (Ontario, Canada) floral industry and recounts the lives of the immigrants, many of whom were from the Netherlands, who helped to develop North America as an emerging centre of greenhouse flower production. The book is a delightful reminder to ‘stop and smell the flowers'. Hardcover with jacket, 304 pages, illustrated with full colour floral images on every page. $69.95 * And the Swamp Flourished, The Bittersweet Story of Holland Marsh Draining swamps and marshes, and controlling groundwater levels, it seems to come so natural to the Dutch! Nearly a century ago, Dutch immigrants settled in such a newly diked and drained ‘polder’ north of Ontario’s capital, Toronto, to become the vegetable gardeners for the Toronto Metro, for Ontario, and for markets beyond. Hardcover with jacket, 160 pages, illustrated with 230 rare images and more. $24.95 * To All Our Children, The Story of Postwar Dutch Immigration to Canada All three titles were written by Dutch immigrant journalist and Albert VanderMey This large coffee-table book describes in extensive detail the process of wanting to leave one's home and extended family, making preparations for emigrating, saying farewell, embarking on ships (which in some cases were just troop transport ships) and the misery of seasickness, to sighting land and stepping off the boat for new adventures on foreign soil among people who spoke a different language and had "strange" traditions and ways. Included in this volume is a list of thumbnail sketches of the ships that brought the immigrants over to Canada where starting afresh on meant overcoming numerous obstacles. Hardcover with jacket, 512 pages, illustrated with over 1,000 images. $44.95 * Of Dutch Ways, written by Helen Colijn, a bird's eye view of the country of birth! $16.95 Total regular retail value of this Dutch Immigrant Heritage Gifting bundle is over $150.
