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Running Time: 01:47 hrsNarrator: Apple Alex (synthetic)Publisher:BC Libraries Cooperative, 2015
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Publisher:BC Libraries Cooperative, 2015
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Publisher:BC Libraries Cooperative, 2015
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- Author: Varro, Joe; Kerr, DonDate:Created2014Summary:
Tracks: The Art and Times of Switchman Joe, by Joe Varro celebrates Joe Varro's railway paintings, his bunkhouse sketches in pencil, prints, personal photographs, watercolors and paintings in oil and acrylic. This book is also a social history and features Joe's narrative, a unique time when steam locomotion was on the way out and diesel was coming in. Don Kerr, poet and author of several art books will provide a critical essay on Joe Varro's artistic journey.
Subject(s): 20th century | Artists | Canada, Western | Employees | Railroads | Railroads in art | Social conditions | Varro, Joe | Canadian Pacific Railway Company | Themes, motivesOriginal Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan, Hagios PressLanguage(s): English