{"id":6831,"date":"2019-01-29T13:49:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T20:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/?p=6831"},"modified":"2019-02-04T09:39:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T16:39:47","slug":"sam-steele-a-biography-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/2019\/01\/29\/sam-steele-a-biography-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sam Steele: A Biography&#8221; launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What a stellar evening! I was delighted to see such a large audience; more than 100 people in attendance. I believe there were over 100 people there, which is a rare thing for a book launch. Rod&#8217;s work on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/titles\/917-9781772123791-sam-steele\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sam Steele (opens in a new tab)\">Sam Steele<\/a> drew people from many different communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the highlights for me included greeting Ernie Ingles and Merrill Distad, who played such a role in bringing the collection to Edmonton; Lesley Cormack, Dean of Arts; Michael Phair, Board of Governors; Paula Simons, Senator; and members of the RCMP Edmonton Veterans&#8217; Association. I was pleased that Linda Cameron (now Linda McCollum) could join us: she read the original manuscript, chapter by chapter, as Rod submitted drafts to her over the many months and years of research and writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strong support from the University of Alberta Libraries, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bruce Peel Special Collections (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/steele.library.ualberta.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Peel Special Collections<\/a>, and the Alberta Aviation Museum staff added so much to the event. My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uap.ualberta.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"UAlberta Press (opens in a new tab)\">UAlberta Press<\/a> colleagues also did outstanding work, as always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rod&#8217;s talk and slideshow were much appreciated, as could be seen from the robust Q&amp;A. Sales of the book were excellent, with about 50 copies sold. People also commented on the venue\u2014many had never been to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.albertaaviationmuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Alberta Aviation Museum (opens in a new tab)\">Alberta Aviation Museum<\/a> before and they were intrigued and impressed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was wonderful that so many could come out to celebrate Rod&#8217;s new book, and so many different &#8220;communities of interest&#8221; could come together.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[metaslider id=&#8221;6987&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a stellar evening! I was delighted to see such a large audience; more than 100 people in attendance. I believe there were over 100 people there, which is a rare thing for a book launch. Rod&#8217;s work on Sam Steele drew people from many different communities. 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