Author: GARD, ROBERT E.: EDITOR; MACDONALD, J.K.; ADAM, FRANCOIS; PEARSON, ROBERT P.; SOARS, NORMAN
Title: Alberta Folklore Quarterly, March 1945, Vol. 1, No. 1
Description: Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta/Alberta Folklore and Local History Project, 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Low, Collin (cover art). This publication "aims to print authentic first hand accounts interpretative of the region and its people; to encourage the collection and preservation of the traditional materials of Alberta; and to help foster a literature indigenous to this part of the Canadian West." - from inside front cover. Contents: The Chinook Yark; Sayings heard in Alberta Ukrainian Homes; Klondikers; A Famous Alberta Yarn - told by Oliver Aldridge, son of Mountaineer Bill Aldridge; Potato Bugs; The Edmonton Overland Route to the Yukon; Duhamel (Battle River Crossing); Ghosts - Gus Erickson of the Westlock district had problems with them; Bob Edward's version of how Medicine Hat got its name; Bob Edwards and I; A Bob Edwards Yarn about the "Eye-Opener" race of 1906; Some Northern Trails; A Famous Alberta Yarn about a Russian settler who made his own harnesses from rawhide; A Fast Runner - fanciful tale of a young Englishman and his sheep roundup; Attention Alberta Writers - information about the Alberta Folklore and Local History Project; Interesting details of "The Outlaw", an Alberta newspaper in 1896. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. The first issue of this wonderful publication.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Alberta Folklore Quarterly, March 1945, Vol. 1, No. 1 first hand accounts interpretative of the region and its people; to encourage the collection and preservation of the traditional materials of Alberta; and to help foster a literature indigenous to this. Good .

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