Pluck & Luck - The Tragedies and Triumphs of a Free Canadian
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Pluck & Luck: The Tragedies and Triumphs of a Free Canadian by Harvey Sawler is the authorized biography of Toronto-born impresario, promoter, salesman, and thoroughbred horseman John Uren.
Pluck and luck. Do and dare. Risk and reward. Work and win. And lose. Uren's life was a theatrical production of drama and comedy, heroes and heroines, songs and soliloquies. He was the Forrest Gump of Canada - manically on the move, unexpectedly at the happenings and constantly in the company of a celebrity, from sporting greats, to Joni Mitchell, to Marlene Dietrich, to Shakespearean stars.
And always in the background, a symphony of tragedy that shattered his upper-middle-class family, in endless rivalry with a life-defining melody and accompanying lyrics: life is no abyss...somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness.
Harvey Sawler
Harvey Sawler is a well-known Canadian tourism consultant and the author of seven books, including the non-fiction works Last Canadian Beer: The Moosehead Story and Frank McKenna: Beyond Politics. Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Harvey has spent most of his life in Atlantic Canada and lives at Bellevue Cove, PEI, with his partner, Charlotte Stewart.
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