Julian Gwyn
Professor emeritus of the University of Ottawa, Julian Gwyn earned his MA at McGill and DPhil at Oxford. He taught the history of the British Isles, British colonial history, and early American history at the University of Ottawa from 1961 to 1996. An award-winning author, most of his publications reflect his keen interst in the history of pre-Confederation Nova Scotia. His books include The Enterprising Admiral: The Personal Fortune of Admiral Sir Peter Warren; The Royal Navy and North America: The Warren Papers, 1736-1752; La Chute de Louisbourg… 1745 (with Christopher Moore); Excessive Expectations: Maritime Commerce and the Economic Development of Nova Scotia, 1740-1870; An Admiral for America: Sir Peter Warren, Vice Admiral of the Red, 1703-1752; Frigates and Foremasts: The British Navy in Nova Scotia Waters, 1745-1815; Ashore and Afloat: The British Navy and the Halifax Naval Yard before 1820.
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Comfort Me With Apples
$15.00 Add to cartIn 2013-14 the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Association celebrated its 150th anniversary. Surrounding themselves with the best scientific and business advice they could find, the members of NSFGA led the way in the creation of the earliest commercial apple growing district in Canada, for many decades crucial to the prosperity of Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. Comfort Me with Apples tells the compelling story of an enduring agricultural institution.
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Planter Nova Scotia 1760-1815: Falmouth Township
$15.00 Add to cartThe year 2010 marks the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first New England Planters in Nova Scotia. Most Planters migrated from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Those who settled the Minas Basin townships – Cornwallis, Horton, Falmouth, and Newport – were attracted by the good quality soil, much of it long cultivated by the Acadians, expelled in the 1750s.
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Planter Nova Scotia 1760-1815: Newport Township
$15.00 Add to cartThe year 2010 marks the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first New England Planters in Nova Scotia. Most Planters migrated from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Those who settled the Minas Basin townships – Cornwallis, Horton, Falmouth, and Newport – were attracted by the good quality soil, much of it long cultivated by the Acadians, expelled in the 1750s.
