Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs
Not Too Long Ago
Stories of a Traditional Way of Life
- Publisher
- Flanker Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2012
- Category
- Personal Memoirs
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926881683
- Publish Date
- Mar 2012
- List Price
- $19.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781774572276
- Publish Date
- Mar 2012
- List Price
- $22.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926881690
- Publish Date
- Feb 2012
- List Price
- $11.99
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Description
Not Too Long Ago is back by popular demand in this newly revised and expanded edition! In this volume, today’s senior citizens talk about some of the more exciting and memorable moments of their lives growing up in Newfoundland and Labrador. Read these richly detailed biographies, and meet:?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Charlie Bown — Bell Island Miner
Arthur Clarke — Ambulance Driver
Howard Elliott — Big Game Outfitter
Margaret Giovannini — Outport Nurse
Gordon Lannon — Train Conductor
Howard Lethbridge — Trapper
Jack May — Lighthouse Keeper
Frank Mercer — Newfoundland Ranger
Florence Michelin — Grenfell Nurse
George Snow — Lumberman
Hubert Waterman — Twillingate Fisherman
Millie Young — Port au Port Midwife
. . . and many more who share experiences from various walks of life: true stories of shipwrecks and sailors, moonshine and home remedies, the seal fishery, the 1959 Badger riot, and young men and women who survived the 1929 Burin tidal wave, who cooked on the Labrador, and who marched off to war.
About the author
In 1905, Mi’kmaq prospector Matty Mitchell found a strange rock in Sandy River, running into Red Indian Lake, Newfoundland. This rusty brown and yellow outcrop was rich in sulphides of lead, zinc and copper, but it took twenty years of scientific advancement before the secrets of the complex minerals were unlocked. In 1926, the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company signed a pact, establishing one of Newfoundland’s richest mines at the sire they called Buchans.The Lucky Strike Glory Hole and the underground mines were not the only legacies that Buchans left to Newfoundland. As soon as the mine and mill had begun production, the pioneers turned to recreation, turning and iron ore shed into an ice arena, and the town became famous for its hockey team, climaxing in the “Glory Days” of senior amateur hockey in Newfoundland, when The Buchans Miners hockey team cross-crossed the province in pursuit of sports glory.Here is an account of the Buchans miners – the underground drillers and the hockey players – told by a Buchaneer who worked as a prospector and in the underground mines.Garry Cranford is the author of the bestselling book, Newfoundland Schooner: Norma & Gladys, and co-author of Potheads & Drum Hoops and From Cod to Crab. He lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Other titles by
The Flanker Dictionary of Newfoundland English
Norma & Gladys
The Famous Newfoundland Knockabout Schooner
Sea Dogs & Skippers
Our Lives
Tidal Wave
A List of Victims and Survivors: Newfoundland, 1929
Not Too Long Ago
The Buchans Miners
A Mining and Hockey Legacy
The Buchans Miners: A Mining and Hockey Legacy
A Mining and Hockey Legacy
From cod to crab
Stories and history of Hant's Harbour
Potheads and Drumhoops : A Folk History of New Harbour Trinity Bay (signed)
A Folk History of New Harbour