Ted Stone, author of the highly successful It's Hardly Worth Talking If You're Going To Tell The Truth, has been collecting stories on the Canadian prairies for 25 years. His numerous titles include 100 Years of Cowboy Stories, A Roundup of Cowboy Humor, Alberta History Along The Highway, British Columbia History Along the Highways and Waterways and It's So Cold on the Prairies: Wit and Wisdom About Winter.