Dry Water: A Novel by Robert J.C. Stead

Acknowledgements

ix Acknowledgements In the preparation of this edition, the editors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Anne Goddard and other archivists of Library and Archives Canada, Paul Banfield and Megan Kerrigan of Queen's University Archives, and the staff of the Arnold Guebert Library at Concordia University College of Alberta. For his editorial expertise and guidance in so many areas we are indebted to Dean Irvine, as we are to Janet Shorten for her careful proofreading of the entire book and copy text. Many thanks also to Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr, Eric Nelson, and Marie Clausén for their help in seeing this edition through from beginning to end. For financial assistance and teaching reductions we are grateful to the Academic Research Council of Concordia University College of Alberta. Finally we wish to extend our thanks and love to those closest to us: Jean's daughters Sarah and Evelyn Stone; and Neil's wife Eunice and daughter Angela. The editors express grateful acknowledgement for permission to reproduce the following materials: The typescript of Dry Water used for this edition along with variant readings of other typescripts, Robert Stead’s letters, and his diary entries are reprinted with permission from Elizabeth J. Stead. Excerpts from the letters of John McClelland are reprinted with permission from Morgan Grady-Smith on behalf of McClelland & Stewart. Excerpts from the letters of Lorne Pierce are reprinted with permission from Beth Robinson. The excerpt from “Reader’s Opinion” on page xxxiii is reprinted with permission from Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. The quotations from the correspondence of Donald Hogan are reprinted with permission from the author. This page intentionally left blank ...