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Sid Marty

April 30, 2024

Sid Marty (born 1944) is a Canadian writer.[1][2] Marty has written five non-fiction books and five 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 and 1978 in Yoho, Jasper, Prince Albert and Banff national parks.[4][5] Marty grew up in Medicine Hat and Calgary, and now lives in Pincher Creek. He received an undergraduate degree from Sir George Williams University.[6] 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 edit

  • 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[5]
  • 2008: The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 296 pages. ISBN 978-0771056987

References edit

  1. ^ Gloin, Doug (12 January 1997). "Under the spell of the Great Chinook, Sid Marty writes of his passion for Alberta". Toronto Star.
  2. ^ . The Gazette (Montreal). 23 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. ^ McGoogan, Kenneth (3 February 1983). "Another Side of Sid Marty". The Calgary Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  4. ^ Loran, Tom (26 April 1978). "Park Warden Turns Writer". The StarPhoenix. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b Marty, Sid (28 March 2022). "Requiem for a Mountain Sanctuary". The Tyee. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. ^ Bergman, Brian. "Born to Be High and Wild". Maclean's. Retrieved 5 January 2011.


 

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