| A Winnipeg Album: Glimpses of the Way We Were Contributor(s): Hamilton, John David (Author), Dickie, Bonnie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0888822049 ISBN-13: 9780888822048 Publisher: Dundurn Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: A Winnipeg Album is a compilation of over one hundred stunning black and white photographs recording the early days of the city. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 971.274 |
| LCCN: 99186481 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 10.52" W x 8.8" (0.82 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hounslow Press was founded by Tony Hawke in 1972 to publish popular Canadian non-fiction, as well as quality fiction, poetry, and translations. Under Tony's guidance, Hounslow maintains the tradition of publishing national and local non-fiction, including some of The Dundurn Group's best-selling titles: Ghost Stories of Canada, The Great Canadian Trivia Books, The Canadian Small Business Survival Guide, Wings Across Canada, and the cities of Canada historic album series. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hamilton, John David: - John David Hamilton is an award-winning journalist, author, and broadcaster who now lives near Lake Simcoe, north of Toronto. His grandfather was a pioneer cattle dealer who first visited Winnipeg at the start of the railroad boom in 1881. His father was a homesteader on the virgin prairie. He himself was conceived on a bush cattle ranch in Manitoba and spent his early years in remote settlements with his mother who was a frontier school teacher. Dickie, Bonnie: -Bonnie Dickie, a native of Alberta, has lived in Winnipeg for twelve years. Prior to her arrival in the windy city she worked in Australia and the Northwest Territories as a teacher and CBC radio announcer. She is an award-winning film and video director whose films have taken her to China, Spain, and most recently Africa. She has won a Gemini Award for her documentary on China and is currently working on a project for the National Film Board of Canada. |
