The Great Divide

Author	Alan Sullivan
Language	English
Genre	Historical
Publication date	1935
Publication place	Canada
Media type	Print

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.^[1] It depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the nineteenth century.

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.

• McLeod, Gordon Duncan. Essentially Canadian: The Life and Fiction of Alan Sullivan, 1868-1947. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1982.

• The Great Divide at Faded Page (Canada)

This article about a historical novel of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

• v
• t
• e

This article about a Canadian novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

• v
• t
• e