John Melady is a Canadian non-fiction author from Seaforth, Ontario

Seaforth, Ontario

Seaforth is a Southern Ontario community in the municipality of Huron East, in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

 Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 . A former high school vice-principal, he writes primarily about 19th and 20th century Canadian history

History of Canada

The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Canada has been inhabited for millennia by distinctive groups of Aboriginal peoples, among whom evolved trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and social hierarchies...

 with a usual focus on acts exhibiting courage.

Education

He received a Bachelor of Arts in English from The University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

. He received his Masters of Education from the University of Toronto.

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

Nicholas Melady

Nicholas Melady Jr. was a convictedmurderer from Huron County, Ontario, Canada . Melady was the last person to be publicly executed in Canada when he was hanged on December 7, 1869, on the outside wall of a jail located in Goderich, Ontario , for the murder of his father, Nicholas Melady Senior...

, who was jailed

Huron Historic Gaol

The Huron Historic Gaol was established as the Huron County Gaol for Upper Canada's Huron District. Clearing of the land began in Goderich, Ontario in 1839 and the jail was constructed between 1839 and 1842 using stone from the Maitland River Valley and from Michigan...

 and executed in Goderich, Ontario

Goderich, Ontario

Goderich is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by William "Tiger" Dunlop in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was British prime minister at the time. The town...

 in 1869.

Books

• Escape From Canada![1981] ISBN 0-771-59256-6
• Korea: Canada's Forgotten War [1983] ISBN 0-771-59278-7
• Overtime Overdue: The Bill Barilko Story [1988] ASIN: B000JLHO72
• Pilots [1989] ISBN 0-771-05863-2
• Heartbreak and Heroism [1997] ISBN 1-550-02287-3
• Acts of Courage [1998] ISBN 0-590-12449-8
• Star of Courage [2001] ISBN 1-550-02365-9
• Double Trap: The Last Public Hanging in Canada [2005] ISBN 1-55002-571-6
• Pearson's Prize: Canada and the Suez Crisis [2006] ISBN 1-550- 02611-9
• Canadians In Space:The Forever Frontier

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