John Melady
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.[1]
Education
He 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
- Escape From Canada![1981] ISBN 0-771-59256-6[1]
- Korea: Canada's Forgotten War [1983] ISBN 0-771-59278-7[1]
- Overtime Overdue: The Bill Barilko Story [1988] ASIN: B000JLHO72
- Pilots [1989] ISBN 0-771-05863-2[1]
- Heartbreak and Heroism [1997] ISBN 1-550-02287-3[1]
- Acts of Courage [1998] ISBN 0-590-12449-8[1]
- Star of Courage [2001] ISBN 1-550-02365-9 [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
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