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Miriam Green Ellis Champion of the West

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ISBN-10: 1551953153

ISBN-13: 9781551953151

Edition: 2013

Authors: Patricia Demers

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This catalogue introduces the work of Miriam Green Ellis (1879–1964), pioneer woman journalist of Western Canada. Never one to follow a typical path, she steered clear of the “women’s page” and society columns; her livelihood was the agricultural beat. Ellis’s daring journey by river steamer from Edmonton to Aklavik in 1922—documented with a diary, travelogue, photographs and slides—launched and illustrated her subsequent “Land of the Midnight Sun” lectures, and secured her position as Western Editor for the Family Herald and Weekly Star. The materials she bequeathed to the University of Alberta include published newspaper articles, photographs, coloured glass slides, manuscripts, diaries,…    
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: 1/9/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 80
Size: 11.37" wide x 7.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Patricia Demers is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Alberta.