Sid Marty
Sid Marty is a Canadian writer born in 1944,[1][2] who has written five non-fiction books and three poetry books, and also is a singer.[3] Many of his books reflect the time he spent as a park warden for Parks Canada between 1966 to 1978 in Yoho, Jasper, Prince Albert and Banff national parks.[4] Marty grew up in Medicine Hat and Calgary, and now lives in Pincher Creek. He received an undergraduate degree from Sir George Williams University.[5] His three poetry collections are Headwaters, Nobody Danced with Miss Rodeo and Sky Humour; The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek won the Grand Prize of the Banff Mountain Book Festival in 2008.
Works
- 1973: Headwaters (poetry), Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 978-0771058141
- 1978: Men for the Mountains, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 320 pages. ISBN 978-0771056727
- 1981: Nobody Danced With Miss Rodeo (poetry), Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 108 pages. ISBN 978-0771058615
- 1985: A Grand and Fabulous Notion: The first century of Canada's parks, Toronto: NC Press, 156 pages. ISBN 978-0920053072
- 1995: Leaning on the Wind: Under the spell of the great Chinook, Toronto: Harper-Collins, 352 pages. ISBN 978-1894974622
- 1999: Sky Humour (poetry), Windsor: Black Moss, 102 pages. ISBN 978-0887533310
- 1999: Switchbacks: true stories of the Canadian Rockies, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 336 pages. ISBN 978-0771056703
- 2008: The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 296 pages. ISBN 978-0771056987
References
- ↑ Gloin, Doug (12 January 1997). "Under the spell of the Great Chinook, Sid Marty writes of his passion for Alberta". Toronto Star.
- ↑ "Bear tale is a perfect storm of drama". Montreal Gazette. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ McGoogan, Kenneth (3 February 1983). "Another Side of Sid Marty". The Calgary Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ↑ Loran, Tom (26 April 1978). "Park Warden Turns Writer". The StarPhoenix. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ Bergman, Brian. "Born to Be High and Wild". Macleans. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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