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Saltfish and Shmattes

A History of the Jews in NL

by (author) Robin McGrath

Publisher
Creative Book Publishing
Initial publish date
Jun 2006
Category
Historical
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897174012
    Publish Date
    Jun 2006
    List Price
    $4.00

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Out of print

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Description

This new history of the Jews in Britain's oldest colony traces the three waves of settlement of Jews in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador.

About the author

Robin McGrath is the author or editor of fifteen books, including Trouble and Desire (1995), Escaped Domestics (1998), Hoist Your Sails and Run (1999), Donovan's Station (2002),Covenant of Salt (2005), and Livyers World(2007).  She has published over two hundred pieces in magazines such as Beaver, Inuit Art Quarterly, Parchment, TickleAce, Fiddlehead and Room of One's Own

 

She is an occasional contributer to CBC Radio, has written and narrated three video scripts, had her first play staged in 2002, and is currently the non-fiction columnist for the St. John's newspaper The Telegram.

 

Robin was born in Newfoundland and lives in Labrador with her husband, provincial court judge, John Joy.  She is a member of The Writers Union of Canada and the Letterset Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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