Scott and brennan olson biography of alberta

  • It's a sequel to Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives, which Brennan published in , and Alberta Originals, which appeared in Scoundrels.
  • Box consists of research materials, correspondence and copies of articles by Brennan used for his book of historically significant biographies Romancing the.
  • Box consists of research materials, correspondence and copies of articles by Brennan used for his book of historically significant.

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    Alberta (Canada)

    Box consists of typescript drafts, research materials, correspondence and copies of articles by Brennan used for his book of historically significant biographies Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta's Past. Individuals featured include Thomas "Gunner Jingo" Strange, Fred Speed, William Sherman, John "One Pound One" Rowand, William "Wild Bill" Peyto, Horace "Bud" Olson, Paddy Nolan and Caroline "Mother" Fulham, Harold "Goofy" McMasters, Toto Miller, Pearl Miller, Don MacKay, Emilio "Emperor Pic" Picariello and Florence Lassandro, John Kushner, Maurice Rupert King and Harold Augustus King (the King Brothers), Julie "Big Julie" Kiniski, Dorothy Joudrie, Richard Johnston, Pete Jamieson, Arthur Dyson and Frank Cebuliak, Elizabeth Jane "Bettie" Hewes, Fred Perceval (Earl of Egmont), Owen Hart "Blue Blazer", Henry "Twelve-Foot" Davis and James "

  • scott and brennan olson biography of alberta

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    Scoundrels and Scallywags

    Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta's Past, originally published in by Fifth House under ISBN&#;, is a book of short biographical profiles written by Irish-Canadian author Brian Brennan.[1][2] It's a sequel to Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives, which Brennan published in , and Alberta Originals, which appeared in [3][4][5]

    Feature stories about the book appeared in the Calgary Herald,[6]Edmonton Journal[7] and Edmonton Sun[8]

    The book was on the Calgary Herald best-sellers list for nineteen weeks, rising to number one on the third week.[9]

    The featured individuals in the book include the following:

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    1. ^"Where wild roses grow," by Sarah Boon, SEE weekly, Jan. 2, , page 23
    2. ^"Hidden gem," by Greg Neiman, Red Deer Advocate, Oct. 24,
    3. ^"Summer reading options abound," by Jason Hammond, Fast Forward Weekly, June 26, ,

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      SCOUNDRELS AND SCALLYWAGS: CHARACTERS FROM ALBERTA’S PAST

      Scoundrels and Scallywags:
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      A married Alberta premier, John Brownlee, lost his job after enticing a junior government clerk to have sex with him. 

      He was fifty, she was twenty. After Canada’s Supreme Court endorsed the trial jury’s guilty verdict, Brownlee took the case to the British Privy Council, then the court of last resort for Canadians. He lost again. The courts awarded his accuser, Vivian MacMillan, $10, plus costs, and Brownlee’s United Farmers party never won another election.

      That’s one of the stories best-selling social historian Brian Brennan tells in this collection of true tales about the rogues, rebels, eccentrics and other colourful characters who have left their mark on Alberta over the years. Others featured individuals include:

      Owen &#;Blue Blazer&#; Hart, a professional wrestler killed in a freak accident after being lowered by cable from a