File FL0009 - The Athabasca Ryga

4 items (118 p.)

• File consists of Keith Ledbury's notes regarding partial draft of manuscript of G. Ryga's work, partial draft of manuscript, two drafts of E. David Gregory's preface and introduction. Work edited by E. David Gregory and published by Talonbooks in 1990.
• Includes references to the following: The Athabasca Ryga; The bridge; Prairie wind; Song of my hands; Our songs are those of May birds; Song; As men have seen him; To a fellow writer; My song is still; Federico Garcia Lorca; These songs I sing; Essay on A letter to my son; Notes from a silent boyhood; The bridge; Smoke; The pitchfork; One October evening; Love by parcel post; The meek shall inherit; Gold in the aspens; Nellie-boy; Half-caste; Village crossroad; Storm; The ecstasy of Rita Joe; Hungry hills; Ballad of a stonepicker; Night desk; In the shadow of the vulture; Indian; Grass and wild strawberries; Captives of the faceless drummer; Sunrise on Sarah; Paracelsus; A letter to my son; Beyond the crimson morning; Poor people; Indian lament; When the sun gets high; The country fiddler; Maggie at the union dance; Departure; The stray; Reverie; Summer journey; Lines written in northern Ontario; These songs I sing; My song is still; Song of the farmer; The neighbouring farmer; My land; Old Sam; Wagoner lad; Thy sawdust temples; Night desk; High noon and long shadows; Gold in the aspens; The wife of Sid Malan; A touch of cruelty; The meek shall inherit; Golden boy; Glow worm on the beach; Business man's dilemma; Pinetree ghetto; Recollections of a stone-picker; A forever kid; Brothers; Love by parcel post; Legacy of the meek; Betrothal; Two soldiers; Storm; Trouble in mind; Men of the mountain; Bread route; Bitter grass; Masks and shadows; Goodbye is for keeps; Chelkash; For want of something better to do; The pear tree; Departures; The tulip garden; Ballad for Bill.

Holograph; typescript with holograph annotations; typescript; typescript with holograph revisions and inserts.

Typescript annotation on item 2 "Mock-up of section 5 of The Athabasca Ryga".