Untold Stories
Mysteries of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Publisher
- Breakwater Books Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- May 2004
- Category
- General, Atlantic Provinces (NB, NL, NS, PE)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894294713
- Publish Date
- May 2004
- List Price
- $16.95
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Description
This book has ten chapters of compelling reading, with topics dealing with the province's curiosities, war time secrets, the characters of olde St. John's, stories of underground vaults and tunnels of Newfoundland's capital city, justice stories, unusual people and some surprising revelations from the province's off-beat history.
About the author
Jack Fitzgerald was born and educated in St. John's, Newfoundland. During his career he has been a journalist, a feature writer and political columnist with the St. John's Daily News; a reporter and public affairs writer with CJON and VOCM News Services; editor of the Newfoundland Herald and the Newfoundland Chronicle. During the last years of the Smallwood administration he was assistant director of Public Relations with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. He has also worked as Assistance Officer with the Department of Social Services. Jack Fitzgerald also hosted a regular radio program featuring off-beat Newfoundland stories on radio station VOFM.