Comments on: The Edmonton Book of Everything http://rivercitywriter.com/the-edmonton-book-of-everything/ A Street Level View of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:51:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Adam Snider http://rivercitywriter.com/the-edmonton-book-of-everything/#comment-567 Adam Snider Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:39:51 +0000 http://rivercitywriter.com/the-edmonton-book-of-everything/#comment-567 It does appear to be a pretty great book, so far, Michelle. I've heard about <i>Mavericks</i>, but the title made me think it was a cheesy attempt at making the history of Alberta sound like the Wild West, so I've never given it a read. Perhaps that's unfair, but that's the impression that the title gives me. It does appear to be a pretty great book, so far, Michelle.

I’ve heard about Mavericks, but the title made me think it was a cheesy attempt at making the history of Alberta sound like the Wild West, so I’ve never given it a read. Perhaps that’s unfair, but that’s the impression that the title gives me.

]]> By: Michelle http://rivercitywriter.com/the-edmonton-book-of-everything/#comment-559 Michelle Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:58:29 +0000 http://rivercitywriter.com/the-edmonton-book-of-everything/#comment-559 That book looks awesome! Other than the small issues that you have noted, it really looks informative. I was thinking I should order one for my husband, but then again I think I'll be stealing it from him to read anyway. Although I feel that I am more or less in touch with my hometown, despite having been living away from it for an extended period of time, there are some questions about Edmonton that I struggle to answer or things that I have taken for granted for so long that I never really thought about. Another good book along those lines is "Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta" by Aritha van Herk. Obviously it's about Alberta, not specific to Edmonton, it was fantastic and I couldn't put it down. She notes in the book that the "City of Champions" slogan was a response to Black Friday as well. That book looks awesome! Other than the small issues that you have noted, it really looks informative. I was thinking I should order one for my husband, but then again I think I’ll be stealing it from him to read anyway. Although I feel that I am more or less in touch with my hometown, despite having been living away from it for an extended period of time, there are some questions about Edmonton that I struggle to answer or things that I have taken for granted for so long that I never really thought about.
Another good book along those lines is “Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta” by Aritha van Herk. Obviously it’s about Alberta, not specific to Edmonton, it was fantastic and I couldn’t put it down. She notes in the book that the “City of Champions” slogan was a response to Black Friday as well.

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