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| Title: | High River & the Times
: An Alberta Community & Its Weekly Newspaper, 1905-1966 |
| Series: | (Alberta Reflections Series) |
| Author: | Paul Voisey |
| ISBN: | 0888644116 : 9780888644114 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 270 |
| Weight: | .454 Kg. |
| Published: | University of Alberta Press - January 2004 |
| List Price: | 19.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Social & cultural history: Press & journalism: Alberta |
Founded in 1905, the High River Times served a community of small town advertisers and an extensive hinterland of ranchers and farmers in southern Alberta. Under the ownership of the Charles Clark family for over 60 years, the Times established itself as the epitome of the rural weekly press in Alberta. Even Joe Clark, the future prime minister, worked for the family business. While historians rely heavily on local newspapers to write about rural and small town life, Paul Voisey has studied the influence of the Times on shaping the community of High River. Originally, the Times boostered High River as 'bustling and modern', and then later as 'small and friendly'. After World War II, with the help of the Times, High River constructed a mythical image as a ranching district with a wild and colourful past.
"Voisey's account of High River's history is detailed and sure-footed...His depictions of the newspaper's boosterism in the years before 1914, its celebration of the homely virtues of rural and small-town life between the wars, and its nostalgic evocation of a largely mythical Wild-West past after 1945 are both convincing and intriguing." -- Gene Allen for H-Net Book Review, October issue. "If you're not from a small town, you'll be surprised to learn that rural weeklies don't even pretend to deliver news other than reports of local council meetings. The Times steered clear of covering local crime, for example, because it might embarrass the relatives of the accused." -- Alex Rettie, AlbertaViews, May/June 2004. “Voisey...a native of the province, chronicles the history of a town in southern Alberta and the newspaper that served the ranching and farming community for six decades under the ownership of the Clark family. (He notes that the Times continues under a different publisher). Divided into three boom-and-bust periods, the book includes photos, maps, news pages, and a foreword by family heir and former Prime Minister Joe Clark.” Reference & Research Book News, August 2005
