Books included in this bundle:

My Side of Town - A collection of 13th Street North’s neighbourhood people's stories and charming memoirs, this is not only an engaging work but is also very well written as only a veteran newspaperman who grew up in the area can produce. Blue-collar people, both men and women, are warmly portrayed as the backbone of the community who contributed to the neighbourhood’s ethnic blend. A good selection of photographs nicely enhances the book giving it a special feel of time and place.

The Prairie Boys: Southern Alberta's Wartime Experiences - Canada has a long history of sending people into foreign war zones, serving as combative soldiers, air and naval personnel. Southern Albertans, the youths from the prairies which were mostly in their late teens and twenties, have played a significant role in this world in the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War. You can see that contribution in the attestation of the cenotaphs and military memorial sections of rural and city cemeteries. This book explores the stories of a handful of boys and girls, men and women who went into the Canadian Armed Forces, and others who stayed at home.

Sporting Legends of the South- This book by former Lethbridge Herald sports editor Garry Allison tells the stories of our city’s most famous sports teams – including the Broder Chinooks (Canadian senior basketball powerhouse of the early 1960s), Lethbridge Maple Leafs (world amateur ice hockey champs 1951), and the Lethbridge Native Sons (junior ice hockey). Individual athletes are also recognized and chapters are devoted to rodeo stars and indigenous sportspersons from the Kainai and Piikani Nations. Allison also relates behind-the-scenes stories from the city’s annual Kinsmen Sportsmen Dinners which featured a who’s who of famous athletes from boxers Rocky Marciano and Jake LaMotta to track and field Olympian Jesse Owens.