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John Boileau

John Boileau

John Boileau lives near Halifax and writes historical non-fiction, especially military history. He has written eleven books and more than 450 magazine and newspaper articles. His latest book is Old Enough to Fight, Canada’s Boy Soldiers in the First World War, co-authored with Dan Black.

# 88 Winter 2018, Editions, History, Reviews December 6, 2018 December 4, 2018

A Family of War Brothers

Letters, diaries and post-war memoirs enrich the soldiers’ tale

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Non-fiction, Reviews July 18, 2016 July 18, 2016

Beautifully illustrated histories of Maritime courthouses

This book is a well-written, beautifully illustrated addition to the history of architecture in the Maritimes, profiling public buildings that many of us pass every day without noticing as true gems.

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Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Park
History, Non-fiction, Reviews, Web exclusives June 27, 2016 June 27, 2016

Revisiting Beaumont Hamel a century later

“The battle commenced, the various battalions moved to the attack, and the attack crumpled.” In this one sentence, author Nigel Cave succinctly encapsulates July 1, 1916.

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A Blue Puttee At War
History, People, Reviews November 9, 2015 October 27, 2015

Regimental history rediscovered

A Blue Puttee at War: The Memoir of Captain Sidney Frost, MC
By Sidney Frost, Edward Roberts (ed)
$34.95, hardcover, 538 pp.
Flanker Press, November 2014

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Soldiers’ letters run the full gamut of emotions
#77 Holiday/History, History, Reviews February 2, 2015 June 26, 2015

Soldiers’ letters run the full gamut of emotions

Letters Home: Maritimers and the Great War, 1914-1918
Edited by Ross Hebb
$17.95, paperback, 166 pp.
Nimbus Publishing, July 2014

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Features, Web exclusives December 19, 2014 July 2, 2015

It Began with Barbara…

Halifax author Bryan Elson explains the spark that ignited the idea for his latest book

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The little known story of Canada’s first pilot: J.A.D. McCurdy
#76 Fall 2014, History, Reviews September 19, 2014 June 29, 2015

The little known story of Canada’s first pilot: J.A.D. McCurdy

The Silver Dart: The Story of J.A.D. McCurdy, Canada’s First Pilot and the First Airplane Flight in the British Empire
H. Gordon Green
$18.95, paperback, 162 pp.
Breton Books, February 2014

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