Hell's Half Acre: Early Days in the Great Alberta Oil Patch - Softcover

David Finch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894384822 ISBN 13: 9781894384827

Publisher: Heritage House Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Hell's Half Acre is the story of the people who lived and worked in Turner Valley, western Canada's first commercial oilfield, located southwest of Calgary. Beginning in 1914,the oil fields attracted thousands of workers from across North America to the drilling rigs, processing plants, and the pipeline crews that dug the first trenches. In addition tothe beginnings of an oil industry, Turner Valley provided Alberta with a rich historical legacy of epic proportions, along with a cast of very colourful characters.Drawing on contemporary accounts and dozens of interviews with Turner Valleypioneers, as well as probing the vast visual history of archival photographs, David Finch captures the life and times of an exciting era in Alberta history.

About this title

About the Author:

David Finch holds an M.A. in Canadian History from the University of Calgary,where he studied the Canadian petroleum industry. He is the author of 15 books about the Canadian West.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heritage House Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1894384822
• ISBN 13: 9781894384827
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208