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 muc...

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.