Alberta Folklore Quarterly, March 1945, Vol. 1, No. 1

1945

Edmonton, Alberta

Gard, Robert E.: Editor, Macdonald, J.K., Adam, Francois, Pearson, Robert P., Soars, Norman

University of Alberta/Alberta Folklore and Local History Project

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

F First Edition

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 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 Canadiana Alberta

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