How the West Was Written The Life and Times of James H. Gray

Bestselling author Brian Brennan uncovers a fascinating biography of the rabblerousing, celebrated chronicler, James Gray, who gave us a wealth of Western Canadian classics including The Winter Years, The Boy from Winnipeg, Red Lights on the Prairies (named one of Canada's 100 most important books by the LRC), and Booze. In the Foreword, Bill Waiser states, "the reader not only gains an intimate understanding of Gray--his character and personality, warts and all--but comes to readily appreciate how and why he became one of western Canada's most successful social historians. It is an engaging biography, rich in personal detail and insight. Gray would have liked this book."Brennan, Brian is the author of 'How the West Was Written The Life and Times of James H. Gray', published 2006 under ISBN 9781894856621 and ISBN 1894856627.