Download or read book Coyote Music and Other Humorous Tales of the Early West written by Grant MacEwan and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lighthearted and charming collection of stories, popular historian Grant MacEwan captures the homespun humour, the outrageous antics, and the colourful characters that brought laughter and joy into the often difficult lives of the early pioneers. Among these pages you will meet the likes of: Pegleg Paul, king of woodenleg mirth and permanent fixture at the Fleet Livery's Hot Stove Liars' League; and Tom Sukanen, inventor and mechanical genius, obsessed with the singlehanded construction of a 43-foot, 15-tonne seaworthy ship on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River.