{"product_id":"9781771601771","title":"Imagine This Valley: Essays and Stories Celebrating the Bow Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeaturing essays from some of the area’s most beloved personalities, this exceptional literary anthology celebrates the landscape, culture, community and natural history of Alberta’s Bow Valley.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCanmore and Banff are collectively renowned for their mountain culture, diverse wildlife and scenes of breathtaking natural splendour. These vibrant mountain communities are also home to exceptional adventurers, artists, thinkers and writers. For the first time, some of the area’s best-known personalities have contributed essays to a collection of work that promotes this remarkable area like no other book has before. The contributors include\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRob Alexander\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJocey Asnong\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBarry Blanchard\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIan Brown\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKristy Davidson\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eColette Derworiz\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBen Gadd\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJamey Glasnovic\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKatherine Govier\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaria Gregorish\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMiki Kawano\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFrances Klatzel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMichale Lang\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHarvey Locke\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDustin Lynx\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLynn Martel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrewster Niehaus\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRuth Oltmann\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCarol Picard\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGraeme Pole\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJohn Reilly\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRobert William Sandford\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMargo Talbot\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJon Whyte\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor royalties from \u003ci\u003eImagine This Valley\u003c\/i\u003e will be donated and placed into a fund for young people from the Bow Valley who wish to pursue writing as a vocation. An initial amount of $2,000 will be placed in trust by RMB | Rocky Mountain Books, and each year, starting in 2016, a $500 grant will be given to a student interested in pursuing their dream of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rocky Mountain Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139891347696,"sku":"9781771601771","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771601771_p0.jpg?v=1763707939","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771601771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}