I DIDN'T COME HERE TO STAY: THE MEMOIRS OF ED PARKER. by Parker, Ed

Natural Heritage / Natural History Inc., (Toronto, 1993). 224 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover with self-flaps. B&w photographs. "From his earliest days in Winnipeg and throughout his varied and flamboyant career as a journalist and public relations manager, Ed Parker distinguished himself as a dynamic, creative, energetic innovator. Readers will delight in his association with the world renowned Canadian geologist and 'mine finder', Dr. Franc Joubin, and the colourful, unpredicatable American mining promoter, Joeseph H. Hirshhorn. Untimately the founder of the School of Journalism and Graphic Arts at Ryerson in Toronto, Ed Parker has left us a legacy of a life style characterized by boundless enthusiasm and the unmistakable 'Parker' flare." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear and rubbing. VG+.