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Nature Horses

Our Equine Friends

Stories of Horses in History

by (author) Grant MacEwan

Publisher
Fifth House Books
Initial publish date
May 2002
Category
Horses
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894856010
    Publish Date
    May 2002
    List Price
    $9.95

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Celebrating our relationship with horses over the centuries - on the farm, in livery stables, wars, racetracks, showings, and as trusted companions

About the author

Grant MacEwan was a farmer, Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, the 28th Mayor of Calgary and both a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. The neighbourhoods of MacEwan in Calgary and Edmonton are named for him, as is the Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton and the MacEwan Student Centre at the University of Calgary. The majority of his books, of which there are many, were written after his retirement from politics and were intended to share Canadian history with Canadians. On May 6, 2000, MacEwan was honoured with the Golden Pen Lifetime Achievement Award for lifetime literary achievements by the Writers Guild of Alberta, which had previously only been awarded to W.O. Mitchell. He died a month later in Calgary, at the ripe old age of 97, and was given a state funeral, the first one in Alberta since 1963.

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