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 Journal, have much to tell us about the west as  envisioned by those who wanted to leave the early 20th century behind  – or at least read about others who had done so. 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 West  as a literary object. Editors Gow and Rak guide the reader with a  framing introduction to the work, as well as to each article.

Mountain Masculinity: The Life and Writing of Nello ''Tex'' Vernon-Wood in the Canadian Rockies, 1906-1938 PDF

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