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LLG Recommendations
The following is a collection of titles provided to us by LLG members. If there is additional material you would like to recommend, please contact us at: info@livingstonelandowners.net
Thank you!
Local Reads
The following is a collection of titles provided to us by LLG members. If there is additional material you would like to recommend, please contact us at: info@livingstonelandowners.net Thank you!
The Banker and the Blackfoot, by J. Edward Chamberlin; a recently published memoir of Mr. Chamberlin's grandfather, Jack Cowdry, who arrived here in 1885.
The Cowboy Trail, A Guide to Alberta’s Historic Cowboy Country, by Lorraine Andrews.
Greener Pastures, the Memoirs of F. Lynch-Staunton, by Frank Lynch Staunton.
Leaning on the Wind, Under the Spell of the Great Chinook, by Sid Marty; a book of the nature, landscape, geology, culture and community that make up the eastern slope and the pressures put on it by the modern world.
Old Man’s Garden, by Annora Brown; Artist, writer and resident of Fort Macloed, Ms. Brown illustrated and told the stories and legends of prairie and foothills plants.
Our Place, Changing the Nature of Alberta, by Kevin Van Tighem: A collection of essays and articles that reflect upon the ecology, conservation history, missed opportunities and emerging possibilities in Alberta.
Prairie Grass To Mountain Pass: History of the Pioneers of Pincher Creek and District, by the Pincher Creek Historical Society.
Southern Rockies Trail Guide, by Joey Ambrosi; a hiking guidebook of Southwest Alberta and Southeast British Columbia with trail maps, descriptions and photos.
The Silent Hills, The Kropinak Family of Chapel Rock, by Hazel Kropinak-Cerney and Ethel Kropinak-Hunter; the history of a family who homesteaded at Chapel Rock after surviving the Frank Slide.
So Far and Yet So Close, Frontier Ranching in Western Prairie Canada and the Northern Territory of Australia, by Warren M. Elofson; the author compares the economic, social, cultural, environmental, ethical and human issues of the Canadian and Australian frontier history.
The Whaleback, A Walking Guide, by Bob Blaxley; a book with trail descriptions and maps.
These Mountains are Our Sacred Places, The Story of the Stoney People, by Chief John Snow; History of the Stoney-Nakoda People including Pre- and Post - treaty life, oral history and traditional spirituality and wisdom.
The Range, by Sherm Ewing; History of the Eastern Slopes as told by ranchers, range and wildlife managers and by old timers.
Sky Humour, by Sid Marty; A book of poetry with some lovely narrative poems about neighbours in the Willow Valley and Burmis area.
Somebody Else’s Money: The Walrond Ranch Story 1883-1907, by Warren Elofson.
Unfolding The Pages; Recollections of education in the Pincher Creek Area, published by Gorman and Gorman Ltd, 1992.
Where the Rivers Meet, by Barry Potyondi; the history of the Old Man River basin sponsored by the Government of Alberta in response to the Old Man Dam Project changing the area forever.
Who Speaks for the River, by Robert Girvan; The background story of how some people tried to stop the damming of the Oldman and how the Alberta government used the law.
Willow Valley School, 1914–2014, 100 years of Learning and Community Spirit, by Wendy Davie.
Banner photo by Sheila Torgunrud