Mountain masculinity : : the life and writing of Nello "Tex" Vernon-Wood in the Canadian Rockies, 1906-1938 / / edited and introduced by Andrew Gow and Julie Rak ; in collaboration with Harry W. Gow and John R. Gow.

• Author: Wood, Tex, 1882-1978.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rak, Julie, 1966-; Gow, Andrew Colin.; Gow, Harry W.; Gow, John R.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (237 pages) :; digital file(s).
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 era, in such periodicals as The Sportsman, Hunting and Fishing, and the Canadian Alpine Journal, have much to tell us about the west as envisioned by those who wanted to leave the industrialized world behind. In the writings of his persona “ Tex,” Vernon-Wood created an image of the frontier that blended the West of his guiding experiences with the old West as imagined by those who flocked to the Canadian and American frontiers in search of adventure in an uncivilized wilderness. Editors Gow and Rak, guide the reader through this collection of Vernon-Wood’s stories, providing a framework for both the writer and his alter ego, Tex.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Ted Bishop -- Introduction by Andrew Gow and Julie Rak -- 1. Fifth Avenue Pilgrims Amid the Goats - The Sportsman, February 1930, 63 and 1022 – 2. This Guiding Game - The Sportsman, April 1930, 5859 and 783 – 3. The Last Great Buffalo Drive - The Sportsman, June 1930, 75, 86 and 884 – 4. William, Prepare My Barth - The Sportsman, July 1930, 55 and 785 – 5. Us Winter Sports - The Sportsman, January 1931, 44456 – 6. Rams - The Sportsman, April 1931, 67687 – 7. Tepee Tales - The Sportsman, September 1931, 5254 and 588 – 8. An Early Ski Attempt on Mt. Ptarmigan - Canadian Alpine Journal, vol. 21 (1932), 1351379 – 9. Pipestone Letters No. 1 - Hunting and Fishing, September 1932, 1610 – 10. An All We Do Is Hunt - National Sportsman, March 1933, 101111 – 11. The Latest from Pipestone - Hunting and Fishing, February 1934, 1112 – 12. Dried Spinach or Moose Steak? - Hunting and Fishing, June 1935, 1113 – 13. Tex Reads His Permit - Hunting and Fishing, August 1935, 1314 – 14. The Guide Knows Everything - National Sportsman, June 1936, 141515 – 15. Tex: Gentleman’s Gentleman - Hunting and Fishing, August 1936, 1416 – 16. Its Good to Be Alive - National Sportsman, September 1936, 161717 – 17. Tex Takes a Trophy - Hunting and Fishing, October 1936, 718 – 18. Sawback Cleans a Laker - Hunting and Fishing, December 1936, 1219 – 19. Sawback Changes His Mind - Hunting and Fishing, April 1937, 920 – 20. Tex Tangles With Horribilis - Hunting and Fishing, May 1937, 15 and 4621 – 21. Navigating for Namaycush - National Sportsman, May 1937, 141522 – 22. What’s in a Name? - National Sportsman, February 1938, 67 and 2123 – 23. Sawback and the Sporting Proposition - National Sportsman, May 1938, 14 and 2624 – 24. The Wild Goose Chase by Ramon Chesson - National Sportsman, October 1938, 101125 – 25. It’s a Woman’s 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 – Index.