Never Shoot a Stampede Queen: A Rookie Reporter in the Cariboo [Paperback]

Mark Leiren-Young (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2009

Never Shoot a Stampede Queen is a collection of true-life tall tales about a rookie reporters adventures in Canadas still-very-wild West. The night Mark Leiren-Young drove into Williams Lake, British Columbia, in 1985 to work as a reporter for the venerable Williams Lake Tribune, he arrived on the scene of an armed robbery. And that was before things got weird. For a 21-year-old from Vancouver, a stint in the legendary Cariboo town was a trip to another world and another era. From the explosive opening, where Mark finds himself in a courtroom just a few feet away from a defendant with a bomb strapped to his chest, to the case of a plane without a pilot that crashed, Never Shoot a Stampede Queen is an unforgettable comic memoir of a city boy learning aboutand learning to lovelife in a cowboy town.

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About the Author

Mark Leiren-Young is a well-known screenwriter, playwright, journalist and filmmaker. Nominated for a 2007 Canadian Screenwriting Award for his first feature film, The Green Chain (which he also directed), Leiren-Young has written for other film projects, television, theatre, radio, magazines and newspapers. His comedy troupe, Local Anxiety (www.localanxiety.com), is featured on iTunes and is currently recording a new CD. For more on Mark visit www.leiren-young.ca.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co.; First edition (January 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1894974522
• ISBN-13: 978-1894974523
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,704,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Mark Leiren-Young, who has a background in pretty much everything -- journalism, television, comedy, theatre and film -- is without a doubt one of the most talented, multi-disciplinary voices in Canada." - Vanessa Farquharson, National Post

"A more polite, eco-friendly version of Hunter S. Thompson." - Erick Thompson, CFAX

"Canada's go to guy for dolphins, whales and trees." - The National Post

MARK LEIREN-YOUNG is the author of Never Shoot a Stampede Queen, winner of the 2009 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and The Green Chain--Nothing Is Ever Clear Cut. He wrote, directed and produced the award-winning feature film The Green Chain, and wrote and produced the EarthVision award-winning TV comedy special Greenpieces. His stage plays have been produced throughout Canada and the US and have also been seen in Europe and Australia. As a journalist he has written for such publications as TIME, Maclean's and the Utne Reader. He's half of the comedy duo Local Anxiety and has released two CDs--Greenpieces and Forgive Us We're Canadian.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A reporter's hilarious adventures, March 14, 2009

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This review is from: Never Shoot a Stampede Queen: A Rookie Reporter in the Cariboo (Paperback)

This wonderful collection of true stories follows a young reporter on his first job. Moving from the city where he was raised and educated, the author finds himself in a small cowboy town where nothing is familiar. It will make you laugh and make you hope for a film version. Leiren-Young is not afraid to make fun of himself, and that is the soul of this book. Enjoy it, as I did.