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Diary of a wilderness dweller
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19887
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Czajkowski, Chris
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers
- Call Number
- 01.4 C11d
2 websites
- Author
- Czajkowski, Chris
- Responsibility
- Chris Czajkowski
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers
- Physical Description
- x, 209 p. : ill., map, port. ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Wilderness areas
- Pioneer life
- British Columbia
- Coast Mountains
- Dairies
- Biography
- Natural history
- Abstract
- Diary of a Wilderness Dweller by Chris Czajkowski begins: “It is two days since I left my truck at the end of a logging road twenty miles east of here. I have hiked through untracked forest and over a mountain, through country I have never seen before, to reach a point of land jutting into an un-named lake five thousand feet hight in the Coast Range of British Columbia. And yet, unbelievably, I now have rights, in our civilization’s laws, to adapt this uncompromising pile of boulders and its wind-weary trees to my own ends; I plan to build on it, single-handedly, two cabins, a business, and a life. I must be crazy” Thus wrote Chris Czajkowski as, aged 37 years old, she arrived at an un-named location that she later called Nuk Tessli. This book spans a period of three years where first Chris lived in a tent until she erected the first cabin, finding, falling, peeling and hauling all the logs alone, then moved under the first roof while she completed (more or less) the second. Contact with the outside world was via a long hike in summer and a 4-day snowshoe trip in winter. Crazy or not, Chris made this place work for her, and eventually lived there for 23 years.
- Notes
- The front inside cover of the book has been annotated by the author. The annotation reads as follows, “To Janet, All my best, Chris Czajkowski”
- The abstract has been taken from the official website of the author, the URL can be found below
- ISBN
- 1551430592
- Accession Number
- 2019.60
- Call Number
- 01.4 C11d
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL has been linked to the official website for the author, Chris Czajkowski. Contains information on the book, as well as additional information concerning the authors personal life.
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A house in the sky : a memoir
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19911
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Lindhout, Amanda and Sara Corbett
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner
- Edition
- First Scribner paperback edition
- Call Number
- 05 L64a
1 website
- Responsibility
- Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
- Edition
- First Scribner paperback edition
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 373 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the chilling account of Amanda Lindhout’s abduction in Somalia. Lindhout was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and began travelling the world at the age of nineteen. After only four days in Somalia, Linhout was abducted and would be held hostage for the next 460 days. She shares her gripping story, inviting the reader to take a glimpse into the torturous conditions she was held within. Compelling yet chilling, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett share an intensely personal account of heart break, pain and hope.
- ISBN
- 9781451645606
- Accession Number
- 2019.66
- Call Number
- 05 L64a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to Amanda Lindhout's official website page. Interested viewers are able to find out more infromation on the author and her humanitarian efforts.
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Pioneer families of Southern Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19929
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8p
1 website
- Responsibility
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 257p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Biography
- History of Alberta
- History
- Pioneer life
- Abstract
- "A 'Pioneer,' for this account, is a person who was resident of that part of the Province of Alberta lying south of Township 40 on December 31, 1890 and a person who was resident in the three prairie provinces prior to December 31, 1890 who applied for and was admitted to membership in the Society [now Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants] between May 8, 1964 and October 25, 1967."--Introd.
- Contents
- Prologue - Pioneers Memories Treasured
- Forward
- Calgary Stampede
- Introduction
- Biography Index & Genealogical Information
- Biographies
- History
- Past Presidents
- Pioneer Photographs
- Notes
- Links to "A 2005 Centennial Addendum to the 1993 Publication" Call # 08.2 So8a
- Accession Number
- 2019.68
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8p
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
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A 2005 centennial addendum to the 1993 publication "pioneer families of Southern Alberta"
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19930
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8a
1 website
- Responsibility
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 94 p. ; illus.
- Subjects
- History of Alberta
- History
- Biography
- Pioneer life
- Abstract
- Pertains to the "Pioneer Families of Southern Alberta" publication compiled in 1995 - addendum for centennial with additional biographical information
- Contents
- Ascheson to Astley
- Baille to Byers
- Callaway to Cyr
- Dalgleish to Dyke
- Earl to Ewell
- Faiery to Fullerton
- Gaetz to Gunn
- Haines to Hutchison
- Ilugason to Irvine
- Jack to Jukes
- Kauntz to Kountz
- Lacombe to Lyndon
- MacDonald to Myers
- Naessens to Norrish
- O'Brien to Owens
- Pace to Pullar
- Quail
- Ramsay to Ruers
- Sample sto Sweinhurt
- Talbot to Tyson
- Vanwart to Vincent
- Wakeford to Wright
- York to Yuill
- Zanoni
- Illustrations - photos prepared by Robert (Bud) Vine
- Notes
- Addendum to 08.2 So8p
- Accession Number
- 2019.68
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
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Margaret Shelton, block prints 1936-1984
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20013
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Author
- Ainslie, Patricia
- Publisher
- Calgary : Glenbow Museum
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ai6m
1 website
- Author
- Ainslie, Patricia
- Responsibility
- Patricia Ainslie
- Publisher
- Calgary : Glenbow Museum
- Published Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 X 27 cm
- Subjects
- Exhibition catalogue
- Shelton, Margaret
- Subjects
- Water colorists - Canada - Biography
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history and art work of Margaret Shelton, organized by Patricia Anslie. Her artwork explored and revealed the vitality of the Alberta landscape. The publication was produced in an effort to celebrate and commemorate Shelton, as well as her contribution to the Alberta art landscape. Working primarily with watercolor and block prints, she was a prolific artists and contributed greatly to the printmaking industry in Alberta. The publication pertains mostly to the story and history of Margaret Shelton. Additionally, the publication includes some images of her breathtaking artwork.
- Contents
- Acknowledgements (pg. 5)
- Margaret Shelton (pg. 7)
- Technique (pg. 30)
- Notes and Bibliography (pg. 35)
- Chronology (pg. 36)
- Catalogue Raisonne (pg. 39)
- Accession Number
- 2019. 61
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ai6m
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- URL is linked to the official website for Margaret Shelton
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Paint and circumstance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4544
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Kerr, Illingworth
- Publisher
- Calgary : Jules and Maureen Poscente [et al.]
- Call Number
- 06.1 K46p
1 website
- Author
- Kerr, Illingworth
- Responsibility
- Illingworth Kerr
- Publisher
- Calgary : Jules and Maureen Poscente [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 53 pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color)
- Abstract
- Pertains to artist Illingsworth Kerr - includes reminisces and illustrations
- ISBN
- 0-9693218-1-3
- Accession Number
- 6705
- Call Number
- 06.1 K46p
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Ilingsworth Kerr gallery website
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Honouring high places : the mountain life of Junko Tabei
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19852
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Tabei, Junko
- Rolfe, Helen Y.
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- G512 T33 H66
1 website
- Author
- Tabei, Junko
- Rolfe, Helen Y.
- Responsibility
- Junko Tabei and Helen Y. Rolfe, translated by Yumiko Hiraki and Rieko Holtved
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 376 pages
- Abstract
- "A collection of personal stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits. Honouring High Places is a compelling collection of highlights from Junko Tabei's stirring life that she considered important, inspiring and interesting to mountaineering culture. Until now, her works have been available only in Japanese, and RMB is honoured to be sharing these profound and moving stories with the English-speaking world for the first time. The collection opens on Mount Everest, where the first all-women's expedition is met with disaster but pushes on against all odds. The story then shifts to the early years of Tabei's life and reflects on her countryside childhood as a frail girl with no talent for sport, and cultural expectations that ignored her passion for mountains. With reminiscences of the early days of female climbers on Everest, the deaths of fellow mountaineers, Tabei's pursuit of Mount Tomur, a cancer diagnosis, and efforts to restore a love for nature in the surviving youth of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, this beautifully curated collection of essays captures the essence of a notable time and the strength of character of one of the 20th and 21st centuries' female mountaineering pioneers."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Author's note
- Introduction by Setsuko Kitamura
- Chapter 1 - avalanche!
- Chapter 2 - the meaning of mountains
- Chapter 3 - Annapurna III
- Chapter 4 - Mount Everest
- Chapter 5 - to the top ofthe world
- Chapter 6 - the route
- Chapter 7 - finalists
- Chapter 8 - South Col
- Chapter 9 - the summit
- Chapter 10 - endgame
- Chapter 11 - women on Everest
- Chapter 12 - Mount Tombur, Pobeda Peak
- Chapter 13 - Aconcagua
- Chapter 14 - Carstensz Pyramid
- Chapter 15 - mountains of later life
- About Junko by Masanobu Tabei
- A son's tribute by Shinya Tabei
- Beyond mountains by Setsuko Kitamura
- Life chronology
- Glossary
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Index
- Notes
- Winner of the Mountaineering History category at the 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards
- ISBN
- 9780771602167
- Accession Number
- AC634
- Call Number
- G512 T33 H66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- 2018 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards website
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The push: a climbers's journey of endurance, risk, and going beyond limits
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19900
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Caldwell, Tommy
- Publisher
- New York : Viking
- Call Number
- G513 C35 P87
1 website
- Author
- Caldwell, Tommy
- Responsibility
- Tommy Caldwell
- Publisher
- New York : Viking
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 341 p. ; illus.
- Abstract
- Pertains the the the nineteen day free climb on Yosemite's Dawn Wall, successfully executed by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson in 2014.
- ISBN
- 9780399562709
- Accession Number
- AC634
- Call Number
- G513 C35 P87
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- American Alpine Club article
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Karakoram : climbing through the Kashmir conflict
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19903
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Swenson, Steve
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- DS485 S94 K37
1 website
- Author
- Swenson, Steve
- Responsibility
- Steven Swenson
- Publisher
- Seattle, Washington : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 315 p. : illustrations (some colour)
- Subjects
- Kashmir
- Mountaineering
- Karakoram Range
- Karakorum Mountains
- Pakistan
- Everest, Mount
- Biography
- Abstract
- Pertains to the climbs attempted by Steven Swenson from 1980 to 2015 in the Karakoram range as they related to the Kashmir conflict
- Contents
- Foreward by Greg Child
- Author's note
- Preface
- Map legend
- Map of the Karakoram region
- Chapter 1 - to Pakistan
- Chapter 2 - elusive summits
- Chapter 3 - K2 at last
- Chapter 4 - life and death
- Chapter 5 - Everest
- Chapter 6 - one more try
- Chapter 7 - after 9/11
- Chapter 8 - the killer mountain
- Chapter 9 - the world's hardest mountains
- Chapter 10 - the risk of regret
- Chapter 11 - attack
- Chapter 12 - passing the torch
- Sources
- Acknoledgements
- Index
- ISBN
- 9780594859731
- Accession Number
- AC634
- Call Number
- DS485 S94 K37
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- American Alpine Club article
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A mountaineer's life : Allen Steck
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19905
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Steck, Allen
- Publisher
- Ventura, California : Patagonia Books
- Call Number
- G512 S74 M68
1 website
- Author
- Steck, Allen
- Responsibility
- Allen Steck
- Publisher
- Ventura, California : Patagonia Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 254 p, : illustrations (some colour)
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Abstract
- Pertains to the life of Allen Steck, rock climber and alpinist.
- Contents
- Forward
- Preface
- Formative years
- Big Climbs
- Childhood, family, and business
- Close calls and other adventures
- Perspectives
- ISBN
- 9781938340703
- Accession Number
- AC634
- Call Number
- G512 S74 M68
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- American Alpine Club article
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