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pp. 262, black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. “Elsie Garstad-Rosenau was born and raised in east central Alberta. Her 20 years of oil patch experience and adventures began with her marriage at age twenty-one. Elsie has made Edmonton her home for many years. She recently retired after working 17 years for the Alberta Emergency Services, Air Ambulance Program. A mother of three and a grandmother of four. Elsie divides her time between family life and writing. Those of us who remember Alberta before the fifties, remember scattered amenities throughout the rural areas. Most people were used to miniature size bank accounts that limited their perspectives. The oil boom arrived and it changed the picture and people’s expectations dramatically. ‘Oil Patch Recollections’ is a collection of stories of the men, women and children who were part of Alberta’s oil industry heritage. This book was prepared to honor the fiftieth anniversary of the Leduc #1 discovery.” paperback edition, previous owners inscription on copy right page