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History Essays

Crossroads Country

Memories of Pre Confederation Newfoundland

by (author) Malcolm MacLeod

Publisher
Breakwater Books Ltd.
Initial publish date
Sep 1999
Category
Essays
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550811469
    Publish Date
    Sep 1999
    List Price
    $2.00

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A native of Halifax, Malcolm MacLeod has lived in Newfoundland since the 1970s. He is a past president of the Newfoundland Historical Society and a long time member of the History Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Crossroads Country is a collection of life stories from people who grew up in Newfoundland before confederation. It examines the various ties that Newfoundland experienced with Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. Stories of communities and friendships, kin networks and education in Newfoundland and abroad are woven into a tapestry of Newfoundland culture of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.

About the author

After growing up at Armdale (then a suburb, now part of Halifax, Nova Scotia), MacLeod gained a B.A. at Dalhousie University, M.A. at the University of Ottawa. He joined the faculty at Memorial University in 1968, left for a period of time and returned to stay 1978. He has just retired from Memorial's History Department.

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