ZESTFUL LIVES : The Unusual Wrights of Strathroy 1865 - 1995

by WRIGHT, MARY JEAN

First Edition

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[ Strathroy, ON ].: Mary J. Wright., 1997. pp: xviii, 166. Illustrated with b&w photographs, advertisements, documents etc. Index. Long inscription to page ii from Donald Wright, brother of the author. The story of the Wright Family of Strathroy, Ontario, from the arrival from England of James J. Wright and his wife Keziah Clarke Chinnick in 1865. James was a shoemaker; later the family manufactured pianos, during the 1920s the Wright Brothers formed a jazz ( and other things ) quartet, with sometimes and additional Wright to bring it up to a quntet. In the '50s the family got into display and marketing fixtures. Don Wright, who signed this copy, became an icon in the field of Canadian music education, receiving in 2005 the Faculty of Music Distinguished Service Award in Music Education. In June of 2005 Mr. Wright donated one million dollars to start the new Strathroy Performing Arts Centre.An intriguing biography of an interesting Canadian Family. . ISBN: 1550564897. First Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to. Canada, Ontario, Family History, Local History, Signed..

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