Alberta Originals Explained

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Alberta Originals: Stories of Albertans Who Made a Difference
Author:	Brian Brennan
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Subject:	Biography, Canadian history
Publisher:	Fifth House
Pub 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, is a book of short biographical profiles written by Irish-Canadian author Brian Brennan.^[1] It's a sequel to, 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
  • Patrick Burns
  • George Lane
  • Archibald J. McLean
  • Alfred Ernest Cross
• 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.

External links

• Library holdings of Alberta Originals

Notes and References

1. 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
2. "Alberta history for short attention spans," by Janice Paskey, Calgary Herald, Jan. 5, 2002
3. "Under the influence: Alberta celebrates its Originals" by Paula E. Kirman, Prairie Books Now, Spring 2002, page 7
4. "A warts-and-all look at Alberta's builders," by Allan Shute, Edmonton Journal, December 23, 2001, page D12
5. "Make history with books this Christmas," by David Bly, Calgary Herald, Nov. 30, 2001
6. "Royal reading list gives regal visitors sense of place," by Catherine Ford, Calgary Herald, July 7, 2011