Mountain masculinity : the life and writing of Nello "Tex" Vernon-Wood in the Canadian Rockies, 1906-1938 /

"In 1906, Nello Vernon-Wood (1882-1978) reinvented himself as Tex Wood, Banff hunting guide and writer of "yarns of the wilderness by a competent outdoorsman." His homespun stories of a vanishing world, in such periodicals as The Sportsman, Hunting and Fishing, and the Canadian Alpine...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wood, Tex, 1882-1978
Otros Autores: Rak, Julie, 1966-, Gow, Andrew Colin, Gow, Harry W., Gow, John R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton : AU Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Vernon-Wood, Tex, > 1882-1978.
Outdoor writers > Alberta > Biography.
Hunting guides > Alberta > Biography.
Outdoor life > Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Frontier and pioneer life > Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Outdoor life > Rocky Mountains, Canadian (B.C. and Alta.)
Frontier and pioneer life > Rocky Mountains, Canadian (B.C. and Alta.)
Plein air > Rocheuses canadiennes (C.-B. et Alb.)
Vie des pionniers > Rocheuses canadiennes (C.-B. et Alb.)
Canada (Ouest) dans la littérature.
Écrivains de plein air > Alberta > Biographies.
Guides de chasse > Alberta > Biographies.
Outdoor life.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Hunting guides.
Literature.
Outdoor writers.
Canada, Western > In literature.
Banff Region (Alta.) > Biography.
Rocky Mountains, Canadian (B.C. and Alta.) > In literature.
Rocheuses canadiennes (C.-B. et Alb.) dans la littérature.
Banff, Région de (Alta.) > Descriptions et voyages.
Amérique du Nord (Ouest) > Dans la littérature.
Canada > Canadian Rockies.
Alberta.
Alberta > Banff Region.
Western Canada.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Ted Bishop
  • Introduction
  • by Andrew Gow and Julie Rak
  • Fifth Avenue Pilgrims Amid the Goats The Sportsman, February 1930, 63 and 102
  • This Guiding Game The Sportsman, April 1930, 5859 and 78
  • The Last Great Buffalo Drive The Sportsman, June 1930, 75, 86 and 88
  • William, Prepare My Barth The Sportsman, July 1930, 55 and 78
  • Us Winter Sports The Sportsman, January 1931, 4445
  • Rams The Sportsman, April 1931, 6768
  • Tepee Tales The Sportsman, September 1931, 5254 and 58
  • An Early Ski Attempt on Mt. Ptarmigan Canadian Alpine Journal, vol. 21 (1932), 135137
  • Pipestone Letters No. 1 Hunting and Fishing, September 1932, 16
  • An All We Do Is Hunt National Sportsman, March 1933, 1011
  • The Latest From Pipestone Hunting and Fishing, February 1934, 11
  • Dried Spinach or Moose Steak? Hunting and Fishing, June 1935, 11
  • Tex Reads His Permit Hunting and Fishing, August 1935, 13
  • The Guide Knows Everything National Sportsman, June 1936, 1415
  • Tex: Gentlemans Gentleman Hunting and Fishing, August 1936, 14
  • Its Good to Be Alive National Sportsman, September 1936, 1617
  • Tex Takes a Trophy Hunting and Fishing, October 1936, 7
  • Sawback Cleans a Laker Hunting and Fishing, December 1936, 12
  • Sawback Changes His Mind Hunting and Fishing, April 1937, 9
  • Tex Tangles With Horribilis Hunting and Fishing, May 1937, 15 and 46
  • Navigatin for Namaycush National Sportsman, May 1937, 1415
  • Whats in a Name? National Sportsman, February 1938, 67 and 21
  • Sawback and the Sporting Proposition National Sportsman, May 1938, 14 and 26
  • The Wild Goose Chase by Ramon Chesson National Sportsman, October 1938, 1011
  • Its a Womans World National Sportsman, October 1938, 13 and 26
  • Appendix A: Tex Vernon-Wood Recollections by his grandson / John R. Gow
  • Appendix B: A Gift from Grandad Vernon-Wood Recounted by his grandson / Harry W. Gow.

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