No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 112pp. Indian battles, buffalos, settlements, canals, scouts, mining, coal and much more in the early days when the Europeans moved into Canada's Alberta province from the 18th century onwards. Scarce in the UK. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 10.75 x 8.25 inches.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Frontier Days in Alberta

Publisher

Sunfire Publications Ltd, Langley, B.C.

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0919531342

ISBN 13

9780919531345

Binding

Soft Cover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Fine

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Synopsis

Oversize paperback with fourteen historical vignettes of early Alberta. Illustrated with colour and B&W photos and pictures. Stories included: The Last Great Indian Battle, The Tragedy of the American Buffalo, The Picture of Health, Jerry Potts: Frontier Scout, Writing-On-Stone, Canals of Southern Alberta, Disaster at Frank, Coal Dust Days in Canmore, Stern-Wheelers on the Saskatchewan, Blue Coated Mounties, Alex Monkman's Dream, Disaster at the Hillcrest Mine, Kootenai Brown: Frontiersman, The Phantom Train of Medicine Hat.

About the Author

Garnet Basque (1945-1994) operated Canadian West magazine from 1985 to 1994, as well as Sunfire Publications in Langley, BC. He published numerous titles about lost treasures and frontier settlements under various imprints.

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