A Calgary Album : Glimpses of the Way We Were
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0888822243
ISBN-13
9780888822246
Publisher
The Dundurn Group
Imprint
Hounslow Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 5th, 2001
Print length
140 Pages
Weight
425 grams
Dimensions
25.40 x 25.40 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Local history
Ksh 2,000.00
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This richly illustrated volume explores the history of a cattle town that grew to be so much more.
Before becoming the oil capital of the nation, Calgary was a nineteenth-century boomtown in the heart of Alberta. The roots of great prosperity were growing, despite the fact that politicians and the general public believed the West was best left to the trapper and trader.
Nurtured by a sense of vision and the sweat of good old-fashioned hard work, Calgary grew, and has now blossomed into a world-class cosmopolitan city noted for its burgeoning oil and gas industry, its famed Calgary Zoo, and of course, the Stampede. A Calgary Album is a sentimental journey into a cattle town that grew to be so much more. Through sixty-five glorious black and white photographs and engaging storytelling, the authors take the reader back to the time of the "real" cowboys, to the days when the streetcar seemed like science fiction, through the Depression, the great wars, the times of boom, bust, and recovery. We revisit the movers, the shakers, and the honourable everyday people who turned this "cow town" into a city worth bragging about.Get A Calgary Album by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by The Dundurn Group and it has pages.
