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Halifax Nocturne: A Novel

Halifax Nocturne: A Novel

Steven Laffoley

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|October 22, 2019

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December 1954: the old city in winter wears its two hundred years of grime and vice without any shame. The paint peels from ramshackle homes, and the streets congeal with snow and mud. Weary pedestrians trudge through the bleakness with chins tucked below the…
Dulse to Donairs: An Irreverent History of Food in Nova Scotia
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Mean Streets: In Search Of Forgotten Halifax, 1953-1967
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Pulling No Punches: The Sam Langford Story
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Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey called Sam Langford from Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, “The greatest fighter we’ve ever had.” And champion Jack Johnson stated he “he was the toughest little son-of-a-bitch that ever lived.”…
Unfiltered: An Irreverent History Of Beer In Nova Scotia
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A Halifax Christmas Carol

A Halifax Christmas Carol

Steven Laffoley

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|July 10, 2017

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It is December 1918. The old world--shaped by the values of Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens-- is gone and the new world now wallows in post-war chaos and darkness. A veteran of the gas attacks and trenches, Michael Bell has returned home to a city traumatized…
The Halifax Poor House Fire: A Victorian Tragedy
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Just before midnight, on November 6, 1882, the Halifax Poor House, an outsized Dickensian building situated in the south end of the city, caught fire and burned to the ground. Of the more than 400 inmates who slept inside that night, 31 people--the aged, the ill,…
Blue Tattoo: A Novel

Blue Tattoo: A Novel

Steven Laffoley

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|August 19, 2014

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From award-winning author Steven Laffoley comes a compelling tale of love and loss, despair and hope, based on real people and real events. It brings to life one of the most extraordinary stories of our time – The Halifax Explosion. It’s 1917. The…
Shadowboxing: The Rise and Fall of George Dixon
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George Dixon was the finest boxer of his generation and arguably among the finest boxers ever. His accomplishments in the ring were extraordinary: the first black boxing champion, the first Canadian boxing champion, the first boxing champion of multiple weight…
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Steven Laffoley

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|July 13, 2011

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Steven Laffoley has been a writer, teacher, and dues-paying member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is the author of Mr. Bush, Angus and Me, the award-nominated Hunting Halifax: In Search of History, Mystery and Murder, and Death Ship of Halifax…
Death Ship Of Halifax Harbour

Death Ship Of Halifax Harbour

Steven Laffoley

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|September 9, 2009

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"On an uncomfortably muggy morning in early autumn, I found myself standing at the far end of a wide, battered wharf in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, looking for a man in knee-high, white rubber boots answering to the name of Captain Red Beard..I'd come in…
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