Healy’s West: The Life and Times of John J. Healy

Through his incredibly varied fifty-year career, John J. Healy left an indelible mark on the Canadian and American West. Healy was a soldier, a trapper, a prospector, a free trader, an explorer, a horse dealer, a scout, a lawman, a newspaper editor, a speculator, a merchant, a capitalist, a historian, and a politician. He defied classification while defining the lifestyle of a frontier adventurer and buccaneer capitalist in the late nineteenth century. Alberta author Gordon E. Tolton discusses his book, about which reviewer Jon Guttman stated: “For those who have never heard of the man, Healy’s West should prove enlightening. For those already familiar with Healy, the reward is a further introduction to this unsung Westerner.” Presence of the Past Program Series, April 28, 2016