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Book SynopsisThe fifth title in our provincial histories series,
Mavericks is an idiosyncratic and episodic history of what is arguably Canada''s most unconventional province. From mapmakers to ranchers, Stampede Wrestling to Stockwell Day, acclaimed writer Aritha van Herk brings the drama and combative beauty of this irascible province to stunning life.
van Herk''s portrait of her home province embraces all its extremes, from deadly and spectacular weather to dinosaur graveyards, and from oil gushers and geysers to barnstorming social reformers and political haymakers. Bronc-riders of boom and bust, Alberta''s people are a beguiling mixture of opinionated extremists, hardy pioneers and gentle sinners.
Alberta is a province that most Canadians simply don''t understand, the province most Canadians love to hate. It is regarded as a land of reckless, redneck and ignorant individualists. But it is also the province where the Famous Five fought the landmark Person''s Case, giving Canadi
