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Best of the Barrelman, The

edited by William Connors

Publisher
Creative Book Publishing
Initial publish date
Jan 1998
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781895387995
    Publish Date
    Jan 1998
    List Price
    $3.00

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Description

Before Joseph R. Smallwood became premier of Newfoundland, he was best known throughout the province as the Barrelman, a title given to him based on his radio broadcast of the same name. The Barrelman aired in the late 1930s on VONF (predating CBC radio) and was a lighthearted program that combined commentary dispersed with tall tales. The Best of the Barrelman is a collection of Smallwood's finest commentaries from the show which remain relevant today.

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