John Melady

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

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

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.

Books

  • Explosion - Trenton Disaster (1980)
  • 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
  • Breakthrough: Canada's Greatest Inventions and Innovations (Dundurn 2013) ISBN 9781459708525

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Writer's Union of Canada
  2. ↑ http://www.dundurn.com/books/star_courage
  3. ↑ http://www.dundurn.com/books/double_trap
  4. ↑ http://www.dundurn.com/books/pearsons_prize


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