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50 percent of mountaineering is uphill : the life of Canadian mountain rescue pioneer Willi Pfisterer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15361
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Pfisterer, Susanna
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Newest Press
- Call Number
- G512 P45 F54
- Author
- Pfisterer, Susanna
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Newest Press
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 310 pages, illustrations
- Subjects
- Austria
- Jasper
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Safety
- ISBN
- 9781926455600
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- G512 P45 F54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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8000 metres : climbing the world's highest mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14862
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Hinkes, Alan
- Publisher
- Cumbria, U.K. : Cicerone Press
- Call Number
- G530 H56
- Author
- Hinkes, Alan
- Publisher
- Cumbria, U.K. : Cicerone Press
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- xii, 189 pages, col. ill., maps
- ISBN
- 9781852845483
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G530 H56
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20143
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
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- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Responsibility
- Nancy Townshend
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- O'Brien, Lucius
- Notman, William & Son
- Thompson, David
- Harmon, Byron
- Harris, Lawren
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Sargent, John Singer
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Rocky Mountains
- Purcell Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains
- Abstract
- Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):
- Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
- Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)
- Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923)
- Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857)
- Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911)
- Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942)
- Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):
- Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970)
- Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
- Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
- Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966)
- Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979)
- Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):
- Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-)
- Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-)
- Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-)
- Conclusion
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author
- ISBN
- 978-1-897411-37-7
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
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The bold and cold : a history of 25 classic climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15365
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G510 P85
- Author
- Pullan, Brandon
- Publisher
- Victoria : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 264 pages, colour illustrations
- Subjects
- Alberta, Mount
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Bugaboos
- Canmore
- Edith Cavell, Mount
- Robson, Mount
- Rock climbing
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Yamnuska, Mount
- ISBN
- 9781771601153
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- G510 P85
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14890
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- G510 K35
- Responsibility
- Editor : Zac Robinson Translators: John W. Koch and Maria Koch
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 468 pages : illustrations, portraits
- ISBN
- 9781772120042
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G510 K35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Everest : the first ascent : the untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14908
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Tuckey, Harriet
- Publisher
- London : Rider
- Call Number
- G512 T83
- Author
- Tuckey, Harriet
- Publisher
- London : Rider
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- ISBN
- 9781826043499
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G512 T83
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Les faiseurs de montagne : imaginaires politiques et territorialites, XVIIIe-XXIe siècle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14822
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Debarbieux, Bernard
- Publisher
- Paris : CNRS
- Call Number
- GN D43
- Author
- Debarbieux, Bernard
- Responsibility
- Bernard Debarbieux and Gilles Rudaz
- Publisher
- Paris : CNRS
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 373 p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Mountains
- Anthropology
- ISBN
- 9782271069856
- Accession Number
- AC624
- Call Number
- GN D43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Geobackcountry Rogers Pass : uptracks, bootpacks and bushwhacks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14897
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Sproul, Douglas
- Publisher
- Revelstoke : Uptrack Publishing
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Call Number
- F1090 S57
- Author
- Sproul, Douglas
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Publisher
- Revelstoke : Uptrack Publishing
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 301 pages, col. ill., maps
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Rogers Pass
- Skiing
- Selkirk Mountains
- Notes
- See maps for accompanying topographic route map
- ISBN
- 9780993769535
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- F1090 S57
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Himalaya : mountains of life
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14845
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Bawa, Kamal
- Publisher
- Bangalore, India : Ashoka Trust for Research in Education and the Environment
- Call Number
- DS485 B39 Oversize D
- Author
- Bawa, Kamal
- Responsibility
- Kamal Bawa and Sandesh Kadur
- Publisher
- Bangalore, India : Ashoka Trust for Research in Education and the Environment
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 305 pages, ill., maps
- Subjects
- Himalaya Mountains
- Photography
- ISBN
- 9781615845125
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- DS485 B39 Oversize D
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Himalaya : the exploration and conquest of the greatest mountains on earth
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14887
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- London : Conway
- Call Number
- DS485 H55
- Responsibility
- General editor Philip Parker
- Publisher
- London : Conway
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 192 pages, col. ill., ports., maps
- Subjects
- Himalaya Mountains
- Everest, Mount
- Tibet
- Nepal
- History
- ISBN
- 9781844862214
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- DS485 H55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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