"...an unblinking look at our shared past, and the portrait presented by Goyette and Roemmich is a warts-and-all affair, giving voice to many people whose histories have too often been overlooked... Goyette is an engaging writer and a grand storyteller..." -- Marc Horton, The Edmonton Journal.
"... richly detailed, frankly informative, sweeping in scope and ambitious... a thoroughly absorbing work, the kind one opens for a quick look, emerging hours later with a sense of having time-travelled..." -- Canadian Geographic, January/February 2005.
"...Edmonton's history is told in the words of the people who have called this city home." -- Prairie Books NOW, fall/winter 2004.
"...history blockbuster. More than two years in the making... It chronicles a century of native, cultural, industrial, and social history, with generous space devoted to letters and anecdotes from Edmontonians present and deceased..." -- Lisa Gregoire, Quill & Quire Magazine, November 2005.
"Through traditional aboriginal stories about the earliest travellers along the North Saskatchewan River; oral history, diaries, letters, and archival records of nineteenth century inhabitants; and the recollections of living citizens, Edmonton's history is told in the words of the people who have called this city home." Prairie Books NOW, fall/winter 2004
"Edmonton In Our Own Words is everything a centennial history of the city should be: richly detailed, frankly informative, sweeping in scope and ambitious. But it is much more. It is a thoroughly absorbing work, the kind one opens for a quick look, emerging hours later with a sense of having time-travelled." Canadian Geographic, January/February 2005
"Fall history blockbuster. More than two years in the making, Edmonton In Our Own Words is a 500-page contemporary history written by journalist Linda Goyette with the help of Carolina Jakeway Roemmich. It chronicles a century of native, cultural, industrial, and social history, with generous space devoted to letters and anecdotes from Edmontonians present and deceased." Lisa Gregoire, Quill & Quire Magazine, November 2004
"Official histories are frequently consensus histories. It takes an act of some courage to challenge that expectation. Edmonton In Our Own Words provides a look at history that includes the words of those who may not yet be a part of such a consensus, opening the possibilities of new debates and even a new consensus for a new century." Ken Tingley, The Edmonton Journal
"The best thing about Edmonton In Our Own Words is the way it's written, as if the stories are first-hand accounts.Goyette makes these Edmonton stories and even Edmontonians' part in international events such as the world wars, both personal and interesting." Susan Jones, The St. Albert Gazette
"[Edmonton In Our Own Words] is a sprawling first-person telling of Edmonton's relatively brief history.But, more than just compiling and presenting a huge amount of popular history, [Edmonton In Our Own Words] also reflect[s] both the University of Alberta's dedication to the local community and a shift in the way historical narratives are collected and communicated." Gilbert A. Bouchard, Folio Magazine
"Linda Goyette, former Journal columnist and now freshly minted author, wants Edmontonians to be as familiar with the names of Papaschase and Callihoo, Jimmy Jock Bird and Lapotac as they might be with Secord and McDougall, Rowand and Griesbach.So just as the book celebrates much of what makes this city special, it also presents a courageous and fresh look at some of the shiny spots in our history." Marc Horton, The Edmonton Journal
