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Tar and Feathers: Tragedy in the Oil Sands
EN USISBN: 0969669348 bzw. 9780969669340, in Englisch, Nicomachian Press, gebraucht.
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conservation,cultural policy,environment,environmentalism,fiction,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense,nature and ecology,politics and government,politics and social sciences, Tar and Feathers, exposes the truths behind the dirty oil from the Tar Sands of northern Alberta. The author provides an inside look at the effects of these huge mines on the small communities of Dene and Cree Peoples living beside these mines. The stories are fictional but the themes are part of everyday life close to the largest industrial project in the world. The cancer controversies fill Canadian and international newspapers and but it is hard if not impossible to understand the plight of the peoples in the region with an oppressive free market government. There have been attempts by the government at whistle blower character assassination, paid advertisements to cover up truth and indifference to the grave cancer threat. Tar and Feathers is a story about concerned women attempting to protect their language, culture and health from the effects of world oil greed and the resulting destruction. Review by Anne Green, Founding Director WordFest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival "Tar and Feathers is a great choice for those wanting an interesting read with an element of mystery, a look at the environmental issues of energy development set against the day to day background of a northern community. In Tar and Feathers, Jim Tanner engages the reader on a variety of levels; a good tale set within a current topical context - the presence of "Big Oil" in the everyday lives of an aboriginal community, and the element of an unsolved mystery. Tanner draws one into the live.
conservation,cultural policy,environment,environmentalism,fiction,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense,nature and ecology,politics and government,politics and social sciences, Tar and Feathers, exposes the truths behind the dirty oil from the Tar Sands of northern Alberta. The author provides an inside look at the effects of these huge mines on the small communities of Dene and Cree Peoples living beside these mines. The stories are fictional but the themes are part of everyday life close to the largest industrial project in the world. The cancer controversies fill Canadian and international newspapers and but it is hard if not impossible to understand the plight of the peoples in the region with an oppressive free market government. There have been attempts by the government at whistle blower character assassination, paid advertisements to cover up truth and indifference to the grave cancer threat. Tar and Feathers is a story about concerned women attempting to protect their language, culture and health from the effects of world oil greed and the resulting destruction. Review by Anne Green, Founding Director WordFest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival "Tar and Feathers is a great choice for those wanting an interesting read with an element of mystery, a look at the environmental issues of energy development set against the day to day background of a northern community. In Tar and Feathers, Jim Tanner engages the reader on a variety of levels; a good tale set within a current topical context - the presence of "Big Oil" in the everyday lives of an aboriginal community, and the element of an unsolved mystery. Tanner draws one into the live.
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