High on a Windy Hill
High on a Windy Hill

Author: Ray Djuff

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780921102717

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Since 1927, sitting atop a knoll overlooking Upper Waterton Lake, the Prince of Wales Hotel has survived floods, fire, gales and even closure. Built for the Minnesota-based Great Northern Railway, the hotel initially provided an oasis for thirsty Americans during Prohibition. Now a national historic site, the lodge receives its rightful tribute in this extensively annotated book. Discover why a US railway would build a hotel in Canada 50 miles from its closest line. Read the nearly impossible saga of the construction site. Uncover the stories of the dedicated people who have worked to preserve and run this classic venue. Ray Djuff, a former employee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, spent 20 years researching this book, uncovering facts and details long considered lost. Vivid historical photographs bring to life the story of this grand survivor of the golden age of railway resort development.

The Windy Hill
The Windy Hill

Author: Cornelia Meigs

Publisher:

Published: 1921

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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Oliver and Janet notice that something is troubling their favourite uncle, and attempt to solve the mystery. The are helped by a beekeeper, who tells them wonderful stories.

The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library
The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library

Author: Ellen Luchinsky

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-12-23

Total Pages: 1384

ISBN-13: 1135659265

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The Song Index features over 150,000 citations that lead users to over 2,100 song books spanning more than a century, from the 1880s to the 1990s. The songs cited represent a multitude of musical practices, cultures, and traditions, ranging from ehtnic to regional, from foreign to American, representing every type of song: popular, folk, children's, political, comic, advertising, protest, patriotic, military, and classical, as well as hymns, spirituals, ballads, arias, choral symphonies, and other larger works. This comprehensive volume also includes a bibliography of the books indexed; an index of sources from which the songs originated; and an alphabetical composer index.

The Big Band Reader
The Big Band Reader

Author: William Emmett Studwell

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780789009142

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Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, The Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller were musical masters of their eras, enchanting and romancing audiences with their timeless classics. Relive these wonderful songs and memories through The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras and Other Popular Ensembles, a unique and exciting collection of over 140 songs from over 70 bands that are categorized by themes, preferred numbers, and top songs! Paying tribute to better known swing bands, sweet bands (ensembles favoring softer, more sentimental numbers), and some unheralded bands (good ensembles that did not receive much attention or did not have a well-known leader), this book contains up to four essays relating to specific groups and their popular hits, giving readers historical and informative facts about the songs and the people who performed them.

Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies
Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies

Author: Graham MacDonald

Publisher: University of Calgary Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1552380149

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MacDonald (historian, Parks Canada, Calgary) presents the history of one of the most popular parks in western Canada. From a discussion of the British naturalist Charles Waterton to explorations of such topics as conservation, Native traditions, and townsite development, this study provides a broad interpretive history of the area. The text is supported with bandw photographs, art reproductions and maps. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

MusicMaster
MusicMaster

Author: Paul C. Mawhinney

Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Record-Rama Sound Archives

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 1198

ISBN-13: 9780910925013

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Music directory with records for artists, titles, labels and year of release for 45 RPM records published between 1947 and 1982.

High on a Windy Hill
High on a Windy Hill

Author: Catherine S. McConnell

Publisher: The Overmountain Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9781570720413

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This long out-of-print genealogical reference has become much sought after by residents of Washington County, Virginia, and the numerous scattered descendants of that county's forefathers. The work identifies 333 Washington County cemeteries and cites the inscriptions of each tombstone. Seven detailed maps aid in locating the burial sites. This edition also includes a newly compiled comprehensive index of more than 2,400 surnames, many of which include multiple entries.

Deer on the High Hills
Deer on the High Hills

Author: Iain Crichton Smith

Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd

Published: 2021-05-27

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1800170955

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Growing up on the Isle of Lewis, Iain Crichton Smith spoke only Gaelic until he was five. But at school in Bayble and then Stornoway, everything had to be in English. Like many islanders before and since, his culture is divided: two languages, two histories entailing exile, a central theme of his poetry. His divided perspective sharply delineates the tyranny of history and religion, of the cramped life of small communities; it gives him a tender eye for the struggle of women and men in a world defined by denials. Deer on the High Hills: Selected Poems includes forty years' work and proves that big themes - love, history, power, submission, death - can be addressed without the foil of irony and acquire resonance when given a local habitation and a voice that risks pure, impassioned speech. Editor John Greening provides indexes, a preface and an essay on the life and work of this important poet.