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Alberta's Oil Patch: Its People, Politics & Companies.(Brief article)(Book review)

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Alberta's Oil Patch: Its People, Politics & Companies, by Timothy Le Riche. Edmonton: Folklore Publishing, 264 pp., illus., soft cover, $18.95. This is a handy look at the men who ...

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