Scoundrels and Scallywags
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| Author | Brian Brennan |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Fifth House |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Pages | 216 |
| ISBN | 978-1548954710 |
Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta's Past, originally published in 2002 by Fifth House under ISBN 1-894004-92-2, is a book of short biographical profiles written by Irish-Canadian author Brian Brennan.[1][2] It's a sequel to Building a Province: 60 Alberta Lives, which Brennan published in 2000, and Alberta Originals, which appeared in 2001.[3][4][5]
Feature stories about the book appeared in the Calgary Herald,[6] Edmonton Journal[7] and Edmonton Sun[8]
The book was on the Calgary Herald best-sellers list for nineteen weeks, rising to number one on the third week.[9]
The featured individuals in the book include the following:
- John Rowand
- Henry Davis
- James Cornwall
- Thomas Bland Strange
- Isaac Barr
- Paddy Nolan
- Caroline Fulham
- William Sherman
- Bill Peyto
- Emilio Picariello
- Florence Lassandro
- Ernest Cashel
- Pearl Miller
- John Edward Brownlee
- Vivian MacMillan
- Guy Weadick
- Florence LaDue
- Robert "Streetcar" Brown Sr.
- Robert "Bobby" Brown Jr.
- Fred Speed
- Harold McMasters
- John Maloney
- Maurice King
- Harrold King
- Julia Kiniski
- James Audett
- Pete Jamieson
- Arthur Dyson
- Frank Cebuliak
- Donald Hugh Mackay
- Fred Perceval
- Richard Johnston
- Elizabeth Abbott
- John Kushner
- Elizabeth Hewes
- Bud Olson
- Tommy Common
- D'arcy Scott
- Dorothy Joudrie
- Toto Miller
- Owen Hart