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Troublemaker!
by James Gray
The memoirs of a witty, warm-hearted, irreverent newspaperman who witnessed the golden age of western Canada, 1935 to 1955.
James Gray was an outspoken, engaging journalist for more than twenty years before he turned to writing books. Soon he became Western Canada's best-loved historian, author of the classic popular histories Booze, The Winter Years and Red Lights on the Prairies.
This book takes us from the depths of the Depression to the heady days of the post-war boom in the Fifties. Gray had a knack for being in the right place at the right time: covering the Turner Valley oil discoveries in 1936-7, the battle by women to get into the armed forces in 1940, and the influx of American oilmen into Alberta's oil and gas industry after the war.
With his dislike of hypocrisy, and his compassion for people of all kinds, Gray is a fine and honest reporter. The same qualities make Troublemaker! a fine and honest book.
This book takes us from the depths of the Depression to the heady days of the post-war boom in the Fifties. Gray had a knack for being in the right place at the right time: covering the Turner Valley oil discoveries in 1936-7, the battle by women to get into the armed forces in 1940, and the influx of American oilmen into Alberta's oil and gas industry after the war.
With his dislike of hypocrisy, and his compassion for people of all kinds, Gray is a fine and honest reporter. The same qualities make Troublemaker! a fine and honest book.
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Reviews
"A book of great immediacy and appeal - warm-hearted, wise, and extraordinarily revealing about ourselves."
Jamie Portman, Southam News Services
"Vividly portrays a span of Western Canadian history."
Tom Loran, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
"Gray's eye was clear-eyed, and his memory remains sharp."
William MacPherson, Ottawa Citizen
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Subjects
Canadian Biography, Canadian Biography: Historical, Canadian Biography: Literary, Social Sciences: Media and Culture
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