Folklore publishing edmonton alberta (8 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Introduction; Wilfrid Reid Wop May; Clennell Haggerston Punch Dickins; Harold A. Doc Oaks; Walter Edwin Gilbert; Frederick Steve J. Stevenson; George William Grant McConachie; Colin S. Jack Caldwell; Maxwell William Ward; Charles Malcolm Chuck McAvoy; and The MacAlpine Expedition and Search. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. 206 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction; The Capone Connection; From the Bronx to Bienfair: The Story of Dutch Schulz; The Purple Gang; Rocco Perri, Canada's Al Capone; Rum Row; The I'm Alone; The Booze Hounds of Haro Strait; and Murder in the Mountains: The Story of Emilio Picariello and Florence Lassandra. Size: 8vo. Book. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. In Very Good Condition. May Have Shelf Wear To Edges and/or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ A fascinating examination of the international politics, pressures and personalities behind one of the most controversial decisions in Canadian history, the mothballing of the incredibly sophisticated jet fighter, the Avro Arrow.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. By, Former Edmonton Newscaster Gordon Steike The Prohibition Laws Of The U.S. In The 1920S Led To Lucrative Dealings Between Business-Savvy Canadians And Their Mobster Connections Below The 49Th Parallel. The Stories In This Collection Are The Stuff Of Legends, With Brutal Slayings And Keystone Cop Adventures In Every Chapter. Witness A Historic Meeting Between Al Capone And Diamond Jim Grady, His Canadian Connection, In The Tunnels Beneath Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Read About The Rumrunners Of The Prairies, B.C., Central Canada And The Maritimes, Who Used Elaborate Ruses To Sneak Booze Past The Long Arm Of The Law On Both Sides Of The Border. You'll Meet A Rogue's Gallery Of Such Colourful Characters As Rocco Perri, The Purple Gang And Dutch Schulz In Mobsters And Rumrunners Of Canada.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: New. New Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. The History Of Western Canada Has Its Share Of Disasters, Both Natural And Man-Made. The Devastation, The Loss Of Life And The Courage In The Face Of Adversity Make For Powerful And Poignant Stories That Are Well Told In This Collection By Bestselling Author Tony Hollihan. Among Them: - In The Early Morning Hours Of April 29, 1903, 30-Million Cubic Metres Of Limestone Fell From The Face Of Turtle Mountain, Burying Part Of The Town Of Frank, Alberta, And Killing An Estimated 70 People - Not Far From The Frank Slide And Just Seven Years Later, The Bellevue Coal Mine Disaster Claimed The Lives Of 30 Men - Manitoba's Red River Has Brought Disaster Many Times In The Form Of Mighty Floods But Never More Savagely Than When More Than 100,000 Winnipeg Residents Were Forced From Their Homes In 1950 - In March Of 1941, A Massive Blizzard Swept Across The Prairies, Killing 76 People. These Accounts And Many More Make Disasters Of Western Canada A Must-Read For Those With A Penchant For Powerful Human Dramas And Our Own Colourful History.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Trade pbk, excellent condition, clean, unmarked, likely unread copy. "After the defeat of Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull and his band fled north across the Medicine Line to escape the U.S. army. There, one man - Major James Walsh of the North-West Mounted Police - rode into Sitting Bull's frenzied camp to inform him that he would be protected in Canada as long as he obeyed its laws. From Walsh's bold move developed an improbable bond of respect and friendship between the legendary chief and his Mountie advocate that would last their lifetimes. Tony Hollihan narrates the tale of Sitting Bull's determined attempts to cling to the traditional Sioux way of life in the face of settlers and gold seekers who wanted the West for their own.".…

Soft Cover. Reprint. 117pp. with b/w illustrations, Great Canadian Stories series. Soil mark bottom right corner and light soil to outer edges. Wraps have edge/rub wear. Actual book for sale pictured. 13.4 x 21 x 1cm, wt250g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.