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Alberta Originals
''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 (author), Brian Brennan. It's a sequel to Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives, which Brennan published a year earlier."Royal reading list gives regal visitors sense of place," by Catherine Ford, Calgary Herald, July 7, 2011 Contents The profiled Albertans include the following: * The Famous Five (Canada), The Famous Five: ** Henrietta Muir Edwards ** Louise McKinney ** Emily Murphy ** Irene Parlby ** Nellie McClung * Frank Oliver (politician), Frank Oliver * The Big Four (Calgary), The Big Four ** Patrick Burns (businessman), Patrick Burns ** George Lane (politician), 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 (Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Brennan (author)
Brian Anthony Brennan (October 4, 1943 - February 21, 2021) was an Irish-Canadian author and historian who specialized in books about the colourful personalities of Western Canada's past. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he migrated to Canada in 1966 and had lived in Calgary, Alberta, since 1974. He spent 25 years as a staff writer with the ''Calgary Herald'' writing columns and feature stories. Brennan was part of an attempt by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada to organize a union local for the newsroom and negotiate a first contract with the ''Calgary Herald''. Before and during the eight-month strike by journalists in 1999 and 2000, Brennan was a member of the union's bargaining committee. When the strike ended in June 2000 with the dissolution of the union, he left the Herald to devote himself full-time to writing books. He was the first winner of the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award, presented in 2004 for his book ''Romancing the Rockies''. A longtime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
