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Chappy Hour: A Revolver + Whiskey Bullets

When I came across the poem “Let Go” in Garry Gottfreidson’s Whiskey Bullets (Ronsdale Press), it felt as though it came right out of our ALU Book Club pick, Two-Gun & Sun, a frontier-mining story with a whiskey-loving protagonist, Miss Lila Sinclair. Gottfreidson plays with the idea of Indians and Cowboys in Whiskey Bullets and the legacy of the West in Canada is explored from a unique view, adding complexity to our understanding of life near the Rocky Mountains.

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When I came across the poem “Let Go” in Garry Gottfreidson’s Whiskey Bullets (Ronsdale Press), it felt as though it came right out of our ALU Book Club pick, Two-Gun & Sun, a frontier-mining story with a whiskey-loving protagonist, Miss Lila Sinclair. Gottfreidson plays with the idea of Indians and Cowboys in Whiskey Bullets and the legacy of the West in Canada is explored from a unique view, adding complexity to our understanding of life near the Rocky Mountains.While a good Old Fashioned would be an apt pairing for this collection, the Revolver is a lesser-known cocktail with the same bold, complex layering found in my inspiration literature.

The Cocktail

The Book

Now that you’ve had a sip of Whiskey Bullets with “Let Go”, get the longer Whiskey Bullets, then get the whole collection here.* * *Love our Chappy Hour column? Read past entries here.

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