Elio Costa, Gabriele Scardellato

Lawrence Grassi

From Piedmont to the Rocky Mountains

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781442626249
• ISBN-10: 1442626240
• Artikelnr.: 42411248

Autorenporträt

Elio Costa is a professor emeritus in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at York University.

Inhaltsangabe

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