Английская Википедия:Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives
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Шаблон:COIШаблон:Infobox book Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives is a book of short biographical profiles written by Irish-Canadian author Brian Brennan. It takes as its point of departure the feature obituaries Brennan wrote while working as a staff columnist with the Calgary Herald between 1992 and 1999.[1][2][3]
The book made the first of six weekly appearances on the Calgary Herald bestsellers list on Nov. 11, 2000, rising to the number one position on Jan. 6, 2001.[4]
The profiled Albertans include the following:
- Bill Gold
- Leonard Gaetz
- Sir James Lougheed
- Bob Edwards
- Henry Wise Wood
- Victoria Calihoo
- Henry Marshall Tory
- Richard Gavin Reid
- J. Percy Page
- Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
- Kathleen Parlow
- Morris Shumiatcher
- Eric Harvie
- Jock Palmer
- Betty Mitchell
- Peggy Holmes
- Stastia Cross Carry
- Carl Anderson
- Vera Jacques Ireland
- Charlie Edgar
- Bert Sheppard
- Catherine Barclay
- Grant MacEwan
- George DuPre
- Hazel Braithwaite
- Mary Dover
- James H. Gray
- Kerry Wood
- Alice Murdoch Adams
- Arnold Platt
- Nicholas Morant
- Melvin "Fritz" Hanson
- Fred C. Mannix
- Violet Archer
- Harry Strom
- Jimmy "the Con" Carleton
- W.O. Mitchell
- Jean Hoare
- Father Pat O'Byrne
- Jack Gallagher
- William Morrow
- Betty O'Hanlon
- Webster Macdonald Sr.
- Stan Waters
- Clarence Horatius Miller
- Roloff Beny
- Bill Pratt
- Alexander Gray
- Bob Hatfield
- Glen Gorbous
- Johnny Bright
- Bob Johnson
- Walter Twinn
- Helen Collinson
- Grant Notley
- Sheldon Chumir
- David Walsh
- Allan Stein
Citations
- ↑ "Stories of Albertans make 'great' history," by Mike Sadava, Edmonton Journal, Dec. 22, 2000, page B2
- ↑ "Brian Brennan gives life to dead Albertans," by Jeff Goffin, Fast Forward Weekly, Dec, 21, 2000
- ↑ Alberta Views, March/April 2001, page 54
- ↑ Calgary Herald, Nov. 11, 2000, Dec. 2, 2000, Dec. 23, 2000, Dec. 30, 2000, Jan. 6, 2001, Jan. 13, 2001
