Alberta Originals
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Author | Brian Brennan |
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Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Subject | Biography, Canadian history |
Publisher | Fifth House |
Publication date | 2001 |
Media type | paperback |
Pages | 216 |
ISBN | 978-1894004763 |
OCLC | 47823514 |
Alberta Originals: Stories of Albertans Who Made a Difference, originally published by Fifth House under ISBN 1-894004-76-0, is a book of short biographical profiles written by Irish-Canadian author Brian Brennan.[1] It's a sequel to Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives, which Brennan published a year earlier.[2][3][4][5][6]
Contents[]
The profiled Albertans include the following:
- The Famous Five:
- Henrietta Muir Edwards
- Louise McKinney
- Emily Murphy
- Irene Parlby
- Nellie McClung
- Frank Oliver
- The Big Four
- Sir Frederick Haultain
- Bill Herron
- William Aberhart
- William Irvine
- Morris Cohen
- Karl Clark
- Elizabeth Sterling Haynes
- Lizzie Rummel
- Annora Brown
- Punch Dickins
- Frank McMahon
- Herman Linder
- Ernest Manning
- Bob Simpson
- Max Bell
- David Lander
- William Hawrelak
- Ruth Carse
- Scotty Munro
- Joe Shoctor
- Ralph T. Scurfield
- Violet King Henry
- Joe Kryczka
- Ray Lowry
References[]
- ^ Canadian Book Review Annual 2001 http://www.cbraonline.com/member/search/index.php?action=details&page=0&sort_col=TITLE&sort_dir=ASC&book_id=7096
- ^ "Alberta history for short attention spans," by Janice Paskey, Calgary Herald, Jan. 5, 2002
- ^ "Under the influence: Alberta celebrates its Originals" by Paula E. Kirman, Prairie Books Now, Spring 2002, page 7
- ^ "A warts-and-all look at Alberta's builders," by Allan Shute, Edmonton Journal, December 23, 2001, page D12
- ^ "Make history with books this Christmas," by David Bly, Calgary Herald, Nov. 30, 2001
- ^ "Royal reading list gives regal visitors sense of place," by Catherine Ford, Calgary Herald, July 7, 2011
External links[]
Categories:
- 2001 non-fiction books
- History of Alberta
- Canadian biographies