Deadly Encounters

Deadly Encounters PDF Author: Barbara Smith
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9780888821621
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Eight intriguing Alberta crimes are dramatically presented in this well-researched book.

Deadly Encounters

Deadly Encounters PDF Author: Barbara Smith
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9780888821621
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Book Description
Eight intriguing Alberta crimes are dramatically presented in this well-researched book.

Gangster Ways

Gangster Ways PDF Author: Paul Thomas Marks
Publisher: Paul Thomas Marks
ISBN: 9081834908
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Shadows of Disaster

Shadows of Disaster PDF Author: Cathy Beveridge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781553800026
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When twelve-year-old Jolene's seemingly senile grandfather shows her his secret of time travel, they go back in time to 1903, just days before a disastrous landslide nearly destroys the small coal-mining town of Frank in the western province of Alberta.

Crowsnest and Its People

Crowsnest and Its People PDF Author: Crowsnest Pass Historical Society
Publisher: Coleman, Alta. : Crowsnest Pass Historical Society
ISBN:
Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 936

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Harm's Way

Harm's Way PDF Author: Anthony W. Rasporich
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1552380912
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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The stories told in this collection, though tragic for many, illustrate the steadfast determination and courage of people in the face of misfortune and extreme distress. From the lesser-known weed outbreaks and tornadoes to the world-wide influenza outbreak in 1918 that devastated many Calgary families, these stories focus on the human side of these disasters. It may be a heroic individual or the collective response of a community, but what is truly remarkable in these stories is the human response to the world being turned upside down by famine and disease, by flood, fire, or rock slide, by wind and cold, by dynamite or gas explosions, or even by the seemingly mundane threat of weeds upon crops. It is the resolution to continue to fight and the persistence of the human spirit and its adaptability to challenges that is the true story of a century of development in western Canada

King Coal

King Coal PDF Author: Khalehla Litschel
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525516744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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King Coal presents the rich history of Alberta coal mining, and the people and culture that emerged out of the industry, from the 1870s through to the modern era. King Coal invites the reader to discover Alberta’s coal history, its triumphs and tragedies, and its legacy in the province today. Uniquely, the book’s carefully researched historical sources are augmented by a vision of the era imagined through a fictional account of the author’s coal mining ancestors, as well as a variety of poetry, song lyrics, archival and modern photographs, and appendices that contain maps, charts, and links to multiple museums and historic sites around the province. These features of the book complete a full portrait of miners and their families, presenting how they lived and worked, the innovations they created, the tragedies they endured, and the life cycles experienced in the towns where they lived—including those boom and bust towns that have disappeared from the Canadian landscape. Made to feel like insiders in a different time, readers will emerge from King Coal with an excellent view of the social side of coal mining in Alberta, a time in Canada’s history when Coal was King.

Alberta

Alberta PDF Author: Faye Reineberg Holt
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781894974875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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To many people, Alberta represents the true Canadian frontier. It is known for the rugged independence of its residents-whether they are homesteaders, cowboys, explorers, oilmen, grassroots politicians or strong-willed feminists. This book is a wonderful collection of images and stories that tell of Alberta's many roots. Beginning in the 18th century and continuing into the present day, this collection of over 150 photographs chronicles the development of Alberta from a frontier society into a modern-day economic powerhouse.

When the Mountain Crumbled

When the Mountain Crumbled PDF Author: Angela K Couch
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1636099238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Though Mountains Crumble, Hope Is Not Buried Enjoy a series of 6 exciting novels featuring historic disasters that transformed landscapes and multiple lives. Whether by nature or by man, these disasters changed history and were a day to be remembered. Discipline and rules are the foundation on which Samantha Ingles has built her life—the life of a spinster schoolteacher in a small mining town in the Canadian Rockies. All that crumbles from her grasp when part of a mountain crashes down on their community. Constable David Harty has little patience for the strict schoolmarm but has no choice but to leave his three young nieces in her care while he tries to discover the fate of his brother. Already, the girls have lost their mother and brothers to the landslide and require comfort and love while they await the fate of their father, possibly buried in the coal mine. With the mountain looming over their heads threatening more lives, and the town scrambling to save who they can from the rubble, can hearts find healing—both for their own sakes and the children in their care? Also available in the A Day to Remember series: When the Waters Came by Candice Sue Patterson When the Flames Ravaged by Rhonda Dragomir When Hope Sank by Denise Weimer

SOS: Stories of Survival

SOS: Stories of Survival PDF Author: Ed Butts
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1770490078
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Everyone’s life is touched at some time by disaster. But some disasters loom so large they are international events. The stories of those who live through such devastating events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, fires, and floods are both heartbreaking and compelling. Often they are inspiring and uplifting. SOS: Stories of Survival tells the tales of young survivors of such disasters — teenage coal miners trapped deep below the surface of the earth in Springhill, Nova Scotia; children who ran to escape the poisonous exploding gases spewing from Mont Pelee on Martinique; teens who rode the roofs of their homes in Pennsylvania’s roaring Johnstown Flood; and youngsters who survived, but still suffer from, the nuclear accident in Chernobyl. Archival photos document these astounding sagas.

Natural Hazards

Natural Hazards PDF Author: Edward A. Keller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351978217
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1009

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Natural Hazards focuses on hazards as the interface between humanity and its needs for space and resources, as well as on the ongoing geologic processes of Earth and features many new Canadian examples and discussions while retaining the best U.S. and international illustrations. The third Canadian edition strikes an ideal balance between the scientific and the human aspects of natural hazards, combining basic scientific principles within a solid social framework.