Author: JONES, DAVID C. (SIGNED)
Title: Empire of Dust: Settling and Abandoning the Prairie Dry Belt [Alberta Local History]
Description: Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0888641206. Signed and inscribed by author, who has also written his details upon title page. Interesting gift greetings upon back of dedication page and first page of table of contents explain that the author was present with the gift giver in the home of descendants of Alderson district old-timers Einar and Nels Alderson who bought the Brooks Hotel back in the day. Nels is mentioned several times in this book which is described as a "life-sized saga of frothy boosterism, lightning expansion, and utter miscalculation - of drought, destitution and depopulation in Carlstadt [Alberta], otherwise known as the doomed village of Alderson and the enormous surrounding tracts west of Medicine Hat." - back cover. xiv, 316 pages. Index, footnotes, maps, numerous tables, black and white reproductions of archival photos. Average wear. Spine slant. A worthy copy of this fascinating local history with a nice provenance. ; 8vo; Signed by Author. Fair .

Keywords: 0888641206 Region (Alta. ) 1905 1945 Droughts Agriculture Genealogy