TALES FROM, CANADIAN ROCKIES

Description / TALES FROM, CANADIAN ROCKIES

The classic selection of the best writing from the Rockies, edited by Brian Patton.

For anyone who wants to feel again the special magic of the Canadian Rockies, here is the perfect book, a breath of fresh mountain air. Within its pages you'll find a host of unforgettable characters: adventurous explorers like Alexander Mackenzie and David Thompson, botanist David Douglas (after whom the Douglas fir is named) and geologist James Hector (whose unruly horse is forever commemorated int he names of Kicking Horse River and Pass). You can experience the hunger and hardships of artist Paul Kane and the indomitable Mrs. Lane who, on one particular day, waded across no fewer than seventeen meltwater rivers. And you join Lady Agnes Macdonald relishing her heady ride on the unprotected "cowcatcher" of an early CPR train.

There are many more memorable characters, both human and animal - the independent Bill Peyto, the legendary Conrad Kain, Andy Russell's elusive grizzly bear, and Mr. Holt's untrained horse, which survives a precipitous fall, five bullets in the head, being washed downriver, and a night exposed to the elements.

Tales from the Canadian Rockies incorporates all the best writing from the Rockies and all the most important actors in the saga of recorded mountain history. It includes excerpts from many classics of Canadian travel writing, as well as imaginative recreations of important events and evocative portraits of modern-day life.