Against the Grain An Irreverent View of Alberta

On the surface, Alberta appears to be monolithic in its politics, radically conservative in its opinions, and macho in its demeanour. But Ford shows that this is a lop-sided, outsider's view of Alberta, and to prove it she takes readers on a tour from Calgary to Banff and Jasper, from Edmonton to Fort McMurray and down to Drumheller, to name just a few places that she visits, pointing out the good, the bad, and the plain bewildering about the province. Tough-minded but loving, Against the Grain offers residents and outsiders alike the real goods on Alberta. Book jacket.

In a forty-year career in journalism, Catherine Ford has lived and worked across the country, but her home is Alberta and that’s where her heart is. Until her recent retirement, she was national columnist for CanWest News Service, based at the Calgary Herald. A past president of Mensa Canada, Ford is the winner of ten Western Ontario Newspaper Awards.


From the Hardcover edition.