 First edition | |
| Author | Brian Brennan |
|---|---|
| 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:
- Frank Oliver
- The Big Four
- Sir Frederick Haultain
- Henry Frank Lawrence
- Bill Herron
- Ho Lem
- William Aberhart
- Maude Riley
- Martin Holdom
- Monica Hopkins
- William Irvine
- Morris Cohen
- Karl Clark
- Elizabeth Sterling Haynes
- Gladys McKelvie Egbert
- Lizzie Rummel
- Norma Piper Pocaterra
- Annora Brown
- Llewellyn May Jones
- Punch Dickins
- Frank McMahon
- Francis Winspear
- Catherine Robb Whyte
- Eva Reid
- Herman Linder
- Betty Pedersen
- Ernest Manning
- Christine Meikle
- Pearl Borgal
- Bob Simpson
- Lillian Knupp
- Max Bell
- David Lander
- William Hawrelak
- Bruno Engler
- Ruth Carse
- Scotty Munro
- Mac Coleman
- Joe Shoctor
- J. Patrick O'Callaghan
- Ralph T. Scurfield
- Eugene Steinhauer
- Jimmy Fitzsimmons
- Violet King Henry
- Les Kimber
- Joe Kryczka
- Harold Hanen
- Ray Lowry
- Winnie Tomm
- Sandra Botting
- Irma Parhad
- Nelson Small Legs Jr.
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
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