Lawrence Grassi : From Piedmont to the Rocky Mountains / Gabriele Scardellato, Elio Costa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costa, Elio, author.

Scardellato, Gabriele, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grassi, Lawrence, 1890-1980.

Grassi, Lawrence.

Mountaineers--Alberta--Canmore--Biography.

Mountaineers.

Canmore (Alta.)--Biography.

Canmore (Alta.).

Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)--Biography.

Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The definitive biography of this Canadian mountain hero, Lawrence Grassi will be essential reading for those interested in the history of immigration, sport, and the Rocky Mountains.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The Beginnings: Falmenta, the Cannobino Valley, and Emigration

2. "Dear Son Write to Me": Those Left Behind and Life on the North Shore

3. Lawrence Grassi in the Mountains

4. The Trail Maker

Epilogue: "A Symbol and a Legend of the Canadian Rockies"

Appendix: Letters from the Grassi Collection, in Translation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-1710-1

1-4426-1709-8

OCLC:

929152543