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

by Brian Brennan and Brian Brennan

Book Overview

How the West Was Written is published to celebrate the centenary of James H. Gray's birth. He was born on 31 August 1906.

James H. Gray was the first Canadian social historian to tackle such previously taboo subjects as the sex lives and boozing habits of the early settlers. His books were on the national and Toronto Star bestseller lists before those of Pierre Berton and have since become classics of Canadian literature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894856627
• ISBN13: 9781894856621
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Fifth House Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.0"