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 Waterton and Glacier in a Snap!
Fast Facts & Titillating Trivia
by Ray Djuff and Chris Morrison
Discover a cornucopia of short, quick-to-read items about people, animals, events and places in Waterton and Glacier National Parks.
Waterton and Glacier in a Snap! has details, trivia and information you'll refer to again and again. The culmination of research collected in the US and Canada for more than a decade, Waterton and Glacier in a Snap! is a reference book with a twist.
Where else could you find out about the maker of the parks' famous red buses? Or put your finger on the number of flower, animal, fish and insect species found in both these mountain parks? Or learn why there are geographical places named for people who never visited the parks? Or find out why so many German artists came to Glacier in its first two decades?
The engaging text by historians Ray Djuff and Chris Morrison is highlighted by many stunning photographs.
Meet the Authors:
 Ray Djuff was born an army brat in Calgary and as soon as he had his marching legs, he was off with his parents on their military-mandated journeys. He grew up in cities across Western Canada, and spent six years in Germany before settling in Calgary. While working his way through university, he took a job at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lakes National Park, and after four summers discovered he was consumed by the hotel, the park and its sister park, Glacier, in Montana. He's returned almost every summer since to Glacier and Waterton, with wife or kids in tow, each time discovering new historical topics of interest.
When not working as a copy editor at the Calgary Herald, he's planning his next trip and dreaming, to the frustration of his very loving and tolerant wife, of what next to write about the parks.
Books by Ray Djuff:
· View With a Room
· Alberta - 100 Years a Home (co-author)
· Castles of the North - Canada' Grand Hotels (co-author)
· High on a Windy Hill: The Story of the Prince of Wales Hotel
· Glacier's Historic Hotels and Chalets (with Chris Morrison)
· MV International (with Chris Morrison)
To contact Ray directly, please email: rdjuff@telusplanet.net.
 Chris Morrison has been writing about all things Albertan (both historical and current) for more than three decades. She is the co-author of three books on Waterton-Glacier:
· Waterton & Glacier In A Snap!
· Glacier's Historic Hotels & Chalets: View with a Room
· MV International
and was the contributing editor of High on a Windy Hill: The Story of the Prince of Wales Hotel.
Chris's newspaper articles and magazine articles have appeared in such diverse publications as Equinox, Alberta History, The Lethbridge Herald, The Oregonian, and a variety of weekly newspapers and in-house corporate magazines. She has given a variety of public presentations on Waterton and Glacier history as well in both Alberta and Montana.
A graduate of the University of Oregon and the recipient of several publications awards, Chris is currently on the Board of Directors of the Waterton Natural History Association. She summers in Waterton with husband Jim and is currently working on her next book on Waterton. And she makes a mean apple pie in their wood stove!
To contact Chris directly, please email: cdmorr@gmail.com.
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