Hoofprints and Hitchingposts

by Grant MacEwan

A book exclusively devoted to horses and their owners and riders, some of whom achieved fame, others notoriety, as they went about the business of opening up a new country, building railways, roads, towns and great cities, pushing the wilderness back to create the New West.

Mass Market Paperback

Published January 1, 1964

About the author

John Walter Grant MacEwan, best known as Grant MacEwan (August 12, 1902 – June 15, 2000) was a farmer, Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dean of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, the 28th Mayor of Calgary and both a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Canada.

MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta and the MacEwan Student Centre at the University of Calgary as well as the neighbourhoods of MacEwan Glen in Calgary and MacEwan in Edmonton are named after him.