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Jon Tattrie is a journalist and writer. After a decade in Europe, he took a job on the Halifax Daily News in 2006. When the paper closed in 2008, he became a full-time freelancer, writing for Metro Canada, Transcontinental Media, The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax and Progress magazines, and other publications. He's sweated in a Mi'kmaq lodge, sailed a tall ship, explored a nuclear bunker and spent Christmas at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. He lives with his fiancée in Halifax.
The Hermit of Africville: The Life of Eddie CarveryJon TattrieNonfiction: Biography, Nova Scotia, History, Black Culture Order this book from:
Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) Eddie Carvery was born in Africville, when the African-Nova Scotian seaside village was midway through its third century. After Africville was bulldozed in the 1960s under the guise of "urban renewal," Eddie Carvery pitched a tent in protest. Forty years, three families, seven heart attacks and numerous attempts on his life later, he remains living as a virtual hermit in a small trailer across from the results of the urban renewal: a dog park called Seaview. All traces of his childhood community are gone, except for him - the last resident of Africville. |
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Black Snow: A Story of Love and DestructionJon TattrieFiction Order this book from:
Nimbus Publishing (or 1-800-Nimbus9) Black Snow is a love story set during the Halifax Explosion. The 1917 disaster was the largest man-made blast the world had ever known, and it cut Halifax off from the rest of the world for the darkest 36 hours in its history. Rich in fact and shocking images, the story sets a blistering pace following one man's search through a ruined city for the love of his life as he confronts the wreckage of his past. |
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