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A world apart : the Crowsnest communities of Alberta and British Columbia
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A world apart : the Crowsnest communities of Alberta and British Columbia

Author: Tom Langford; Wayne R Norton
Publisher: Kamloops, B.C. : Plateau Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tom Langford; Wayne R Norton
ISBN: 0969884257 9780969884255
OCLC Number: 49727470
Description: ix, 202 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Contents: "A manly, commonsense religion" : revivalism and the 1909 Kootenay Campaign in the Crowsnest Pass / Norman Knowles --
A family of photographers : the Gushul legacy / Brock Silversides --
A century of education in the Elk Valley / Wayne Norton and Chris Chala --
The Fernie united soccer team : triumph and perseverance / Jason Josey --
Barber on the border / Al La Chance --
Frank : after the slide / Anne Spatuk --
Music and musicians : a collection of photographs / Wayne Norton --
A most unusual hunt / Grace Arbuckle Dvorak --
"We came to find bread" : the Polish community in the Crowsnest Pass / Claire H. Chuchla --
Growing up in Graftontown / Peter Miasek --
"Noi andiamo a farnie bee chi" : Italian experience in the Elk Valley / Mary Giuliano --
Joseph Frederick Spalkding: photographer, tourist, visionary / Mike Pennock --
Politicians of the pass / Wayne Norton and Tom Langford --
"Simply a working man" : Tom Uphill of Fernie / Robert McDonald --
The one big union and the Crowsnest Pass / Wesley Morgan --
Eight months in office / Garth Turcott --
Fighting fascism in Spain, 1936-39 : volunteers from the Crowsnest Pass / Tom Langford --
The Medalta Potteries strike : an appeal to the pass / Cindy Loch-Drake --
Trusteeship : public administration in Fernie, 1935-46 / Wayne Norton --
An alternate vision of community : Crowsnest miners and their local unions during the 1940s and 1950s / Tom Langford --
The challenge above ground : surface facilities at Crowsnest Pass Mines before the First World War / Lorry W. Felske --
Mine rescue and competition / Mike Pennock --
In search of the radical past / Kevin Neish --
In memoriam : Coal Creek, 22 May 1902 / Wayne Norton and Tom Langford --
Hillcrest : disaster and memorial / John Kinnear.
Responsibility: edited by Wayne Norton and Tom Langford.

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