Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives

Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives is a book of short biographical profiles written by Irish-Canadian author Brian Brennan. It takes as its point of departure the feature obituaries Brennan wrote while working as a staff columnist with the Calgary Herald between 1992 and 1999.[1][2][3]

Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives
First edition
AuthorBrian Brennan
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFifth House
Publication date
2000
Publication placeCanada
Pages215
ISBN1-894004-53-1

The book made the first of six weekly appearances on the Calgary Herald bestsellers list on Nov. 11, 2000, rising to the number one position on Jan. 6, 2001.[4]

The profiled Albertans include the following:

Citations

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  1. ^ "Stories of Albertans make 'great' history," by Mike Sadava, Edmonton Journal, Dec. 22, 2000, page B2
  2. ^ "Brian Brennan gives life to dead Albertans," by Jeff Goffin, Fast Forward Weekly, Dec, 21, 2000
  3. ^ Alberta Views, March/April 2001, page 54
  4. ^ Calgary Herald, Nov. 11, 2000, Dec. 2, 2000, Dec. 23, 2000, Dec. 30, 2000, Jan. 6, 2001, Jan. 13, 2001