Beating the odds : A History of the Mannix Family in Business by Mercer, Sharon Christine - 1998

Calgary, Alberta: Loram Corporation, 1998. = 565 pages, oblong 4to, indexed, heavily illustrated with historic and more recent photographs of Corporation assets and projects - contains contributions by and about Canadian Family history, Mannix Corporate History, Alberta Business History, Calgary Local History, Canadian Railroad / Railway History, Coal Mining in Canada, construction, engineering, oil and gas exploration, pipelining, railroad maintenance, - laid in is a form letter of appreciation to an Associate in the gas pipeline business on Lake Erie which is signed by two of the Mannix family, also laid in is a fine 5 inch brass bookmarker with the family initial - nice Corporate association copy - among the 10 richest families in Canada . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.