Brian Brennan is an award-winning and best-selling author who specializes in books about the colourful personalities and the social history of Western Canada. His recent titles include Romancing the Rockies; Mountaineers, Missionaries, Marilyn & More (Fifth House, 2005), a finalist in the 2005 Banff Mountain Book Competition, and Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta's past (Fifth House, 2002). a finalist for the Grant MacEwan Author's Award.
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