Sid Marty Explained

Sid Marty (born 1944) is a Canadian writer.^{[1] [2]} Marty has written five non-fiction books and five poetry books, and also is a singer.^[3] Many of his books reflect the time he spent as a park warden for Parks Canada between 1966 and 1978 in Yoho, Jasper, Prince Albert and Banff national parks.^{[4] [5]} Marty grew up in Medicine Hat and Calgary, and now lives in Pincher Creek. He received an undergraduate degree from Sir George Williams University.^[6] His three poetry collections are Headwaters, Nobody Danced with Miss Rodeo and Sky Humour; The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek won the Grand Prize of the Banff Mountain Book Festival in 2008.

Works

• 1973: Headwaters (poetry), Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
• 1978: Men for the Mountains, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 320 pages.
• 1981: Nobody Danced With Miss Rodeo (poetry), Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 108 pages.
• 1985: A Grand and Fabulous Notion: The first century of Canada's parks, Toronto: NC Press, 156 pages.
• 1995: Leaning on the Wind: Under the spell of the great Chinook, Toronto: Harper-Collins, 352 pages.
• 1999: Sky Humour (poetry), Windsor: Black Moss, 102 pages.
• 1999: Switchbacks: true stories of the Canadian Rockies, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 336 pages. ^[5]
• 2008: The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 296 pages.

Notes and References

1. News: Gloin. Doug. Under the spell of the Great Chinook, Sid Marty writes of his passion for Alberta. Toronto Star. 12 January 1997.
2. News: Bear tale is a perfect storm of drama. 5 March 2012. The Gazette (Montreal). 23 October 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090006/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=14ae0181-e1c1-4674-b920-9b8e476949b0. 4 March 2016.
3. News: McGoogan. Kenneth. Another Side of Sid Marty. 9 February 2011. The Calgary Herald. 3 February 1983.
4. News: Loran. Tom. Park Warden Turns Writer. 5 March 2012. The StarPhoenix. 26 April 1978.
5. News: Marty . Sid . Requiem for a Mountain Sanctuary . 29 March 2022 . The Tyee . 28 March 2022.
6. Web site: Bergman. Brian. Born to Be High and Wild. Maclean's. 5 January 2011.