Author: Edith Mosher
Publication date: 1993
Published and bound by West Hants Historical Society.
Excerpt from Preface, written by author:
The Family Book of Fact and Fiction has been written in the hope that family members from grandparents to teens may find something of interest between its covers. Divided into sections, its short entertainment section contains one short play and several contests and readings from my years of writing entertainment material for various groups who held social evenings, or put on programmes in the community halls along the Shore.
All characters in the fiction section are completely fictitious. If a name happens to be the same as that of a real-life, it is unintentional. Certain events and remarks made by these factious [sic] characters may sometimes have parallels in reality, inspired by memories of a life lived in a Nova Scotian seacoast community.
The Table of Contents is provided below.
SECTION ONE: True Accounts
- Facts From Our Past
- A Province of First Things
- Old-time Weather Signs
- Embarrassing Moments
- Those Old School Concerts
- Bird Trails in Winter
- The Ghosts of Hobart’s Beach
- The Old Blacksmith Shops
- Looking Back
- Over the Hill
- Skunks Unlimited
- The Boot Island Mystery
- The Day the Bomber Crashed
- Elementary Flying Training School No. 17
SECTION TWO: Poetry
- January on the Farm
- March along the Shore
- Minas Folklure
- Seafaring Heart
- New Year’s Runaway
- Fall and the Wild Geese
- Spring and the Wild Geese
- God in Nature
- Ebb Tide at Twilight
SECTION THREE: Fiction
- Keep Your Mouth Shut, Old Woman
- Manitoba Manhunt
- Christmas Legacy
- Farming’s Such a Peaceful Life
- Bread for the Needy
SECTION FOUR: Entertainment Material
- SHORT PLAY: Wake Up and Smell the Ragweed
- Quizzes, Contests, Readings, and Short Recitations
– A Mother’s Day Contest
– “Bad Boys” Christmas Exercise
– Old-Time Song Contest
– Flour Bags
– Bible Quiz
