Rocky Mountain Madness: An Historical Miscellany - Softcover

Cavell, Ed; Whyte, Jon; Aut

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551539136 ISBN 13: 9781551539133

Publisher: Altitude Pub Canada Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Cavell, Ed, Whyte, Jon, Aut

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A celebration of the mountain dwellers and pilgrims, the guides, packers, wranglers and cooks, jinglers, tourists, Indians, climbers, painters, Mounties, writers, jitney drivers, photographers, poets, bears, shopkeepers, hunters and sportsmen, skiers, ne'er-do-wells, romantic fools and sweethearts who have been affected by Rocky Mountain Madness who have lived in or visited the Rockies and Selkirks of Canada and who are herein held up to a light of their own making for our delectation and observation an historical miscellany including account of occasional accomplishment accomplished adventure, adventurous rambling and rambling discourse campfire tales, newspaper accounts, reminiscences and letters. A bittersweet romance.

About the Author:

Edward Cavell has worked with historical photography in Canada for more than thirty years. Once the curator at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, and author of seven illustrated histories, Edward Cavell has poured through many hundreds of thousands of photographs in archives, museums, and private collections across Canada and abroad. This book is drawn from the author's extensive and eclectic collection, and from reference prints belonging to numerous collections ranging from the Library and Archives Canada to the British Museum in England. His published works include Sometimes a Great Nation, Journeys to the Far West, and Rocky Mountain Madness.

About this edition

• Publisher: Altitude Pub Canada Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1551539136
• ISBN 13: 9781551539133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144