John Melady
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John Melady is a Canadian non-fiction author from Seaforth, Ontario Canada . A former high school vice-principal in Trenton, Ontario, he writes primarily about 19th and 20th century Canadian history with a usual focus on acts exhibiting courage.[1]
Education[edit]
John Melady received a Bachelor of Arts in English from The University of Western Ontario. He received his Masters of Education from the University of Toronto.[1]
Book Subjects[edit]
The subject of his 2005 book 'Double Trap: The Last Public Hanging in Canada' was his ancestral cousin, 19th century convicted murderer Nicholas Melady, who was jailed and executed in Goderich, Ontario in 1869.[citation needed]
Books[edit]
Jordan L. Bergereau H. E. Communications
- Explosion - Trenton Disaster Mika Publishing Company (1980)H.E.Communications 2nd
edition 2014 ISBN 978-0-9938493-0-5
- Escape From Canada!(1981) ISBN 0-7715-9256-6[1]
- Korea: Canada's Forgotten War (1983) ISBN 0-7715-9278-7[1]
- Cross of Valour (1985)
- Overtime Overdue: The Bill Barilko Story (1988) ASIN: B000JLHO72
- Pilots [1989] ISBN 0-7710-5863-2[1]
- Heartbreak and Heroism (1997) ISBN 1-55002-287-3[1]
- Acts of Courage (1998) ISBN 0-590-12449-8[1]
- Star of Courage [2001] ISBN 1-55002-365-9 [2]
- Double Trap: The Last Public Hanging in Canada (2005) ISBN 1-55002-571-6[3]
- Pearson's Prize: Canada and the Suez Crisis (2006) ISBN 1-550- 02611-9[4]
- Canadians In Space:The Forever Frontier[citation needed]
- Breakthrough: Canada's Greatest Inventions and Innovations (Dundurn 2013) ISBN 9781459708525
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Writer's Union of Canada
- ^ "Star of Courage | www.dundurn.com". www.dundurn.com. Archived from the original on 2010-09-21.
- ^ "Double Trap | www.dundurn.com". www.dundurn.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-11.
- ^ "Pearson's Prize | www.dundurn.com". www.dundurn.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05.
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