John Melady

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John Melady is a Canadian non-fiction author from Seaforth, Ontario Canada . A former high school vice-principal, he writes primarily about 19th and 20th century Canadian history with a usual focus on acts exhibiting courage. 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.


[edit] Books

  • Acts of Courage [1998] ISBN: 0-590-12449-8
  • Double Trap: The Last Public Hanging in Canada [2005] ISBN: 1-55002-571-6
  • Escape From Canada! [1986] ISBN: 0-771-59256-6
  • Heartbreak and Heroism [1997] ISBN: 1-550-02287-3
  • Korea: Canada's Forgotten War [1983] ISBN: 0-771-59278-7
  • Overtime Overdue: The Bill Barilko Story [1988] ASIN: B000JLHO72
  • Pearson's Prize: Canada and the Suez Crisis [2006] ISBN: 1-550- 02611-9
  • Pilots [1989] ISBN: 0-771-05863-2
  • Star of Courage [2001] ISBN: 1-550-02365-9





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