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She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on October 16, 1943.
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This Was Our Valley
(The potential of Hudson's Hope, the third oldest communit...)
The potential of Hudson's Hope, the third oldest community in British Columbia, has been a recorded fact dating from the diary notes of Alexander Mackenzie and Simon Fraser. In the 1960s, this area was recognized and became the site of the world's largest earth-filled dam, the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. The reservoir giving force to the dam was named Williston Lake and covered over 1000 square kilometres of land. This Was Our Valley deals with the conflicts that arose when a particular area became valuable to the rest of the world. Pollon and Matheson, who know the area intimately, tell the story of B.C. Hydro and the residents of Hudson's Hope. The dam's influence is carefully explored and well-documented as these award-winning authors resurrect the true stories that lie buried beneath the waters of Williston Lake.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1550592440/?tag=2022091-20
Flying Ghosts (Gemini Books)
( Fifteen-year-old Jay Smith's quite life in the Alaska w...)
Fifteen-year-old Jay Smith's quite life in the Alaska wilderness is shattered when his uncle, Midnight, arrives in his yellow Norseman airplane with news of war. It is 1942, and Canada and the United States have joined forces in a desperate bid to defend North America against Japanese attack. Together the two countries will build a 1,500-mile highway through the wilderness in only eight months. Suddenly Jay's life is filled with adventure and the colourful charachers he meets working along the Alaska Highway. As the highway nears completion, Midnight disappears in the Valley of Lost Planes, and Jay sets off to find him. But will a strange old prospector named Goldbug, who guards lost planes, let him into the valley?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0773674004/?tag=2022091-20
City Pictures
(The sequel to Shirlee Smith Matheson’s critically acclaim...)
The sequel to Shirlee Smith Matheson’s critically acclaimed Prairie Pictures follows the main character, Sherri, as she is uprooted once again and forced to adjust to life in the city and get ready to start at yet another new school. Sherri is thrilled to instantly make a new friend in Sam, the girl next door. A year older than Sherri, Sam is happy to show Sherri how to dress and behave. Eager to fit in, Sherri follows Sam’s lead until she discovers that appearances can be deceiving. Sometimes, it is hard to tell what is genuine from what is phony.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0771058608/?tag=2022091-20
This Was Our Valley
(The story and history surrounding the construction of the...)
The story and history surrounding the construction of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0920490921/?tag=2022091-20
FLYING THE FRONTIERS - A Half-million Hours of Aviation Adventure
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B18VSSS/?tag=2022091-20
Flying the Frontiers : A Half-Million Hours of Aviation Adventure
(Flying the Frontiers book)
Flying the Frontiers book
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000G3JH0A/?tag=2022091-20
Shirlee Matheson
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A graduate of Athabasca University, she has lived in Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. She now lives in Calgary, Alberta. She has been writing adult nonfiction biographies as well as young adult novels that add to society’s collective knowledge.
She has lived on farms in Manitoba near the Riding Mountains, and in Alberta west of Sylvan Lake.
And in urban areas ranging from Lacombe, Alberta. To Vernon and Hudson’s Hope, British Columbia.
In Australia. And in Calgary. Her enrollment in writing programs at the Banff Centre afforded her the privilege of meeting, and having as instructors, some of Canada’s top writers: West.O.Mitchell, Alistair MacLeod, Irving Layton, Robert Kroetsch, Richard Lemm, Phyllis Webb and Orm Mitchell.
She further attended summer programs at the Iowa School of Writing.
Works
book
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City Pictures
(The sequel to Shirlee Smith Matheson’s critically acclaim...)
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This Was Our Valley
(The potential of Hudson's Hope, the third oldest communit...)
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Flying Ghosts (Gemini Books)
( Fifteen-year-old Jay Smith's quite life in the Alaska w...)
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This Was Our Valley
(The story and history surrounding the construction of the...)
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Flying the Frontiers : A Half-Million Hours of Aviation Adventure
(Flying the Frontiers book)
- FLYING THE FRONTIERS - A Half-million Hours of Aviation Adventure
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City Pictures
