HAROLD HORWOOD combined a literary ambition with early experience as a labour union organizer and a close collaborator of Newfoundland's first premier Joey Smallwood in the campaign for Confederation. He later became an author, and with his organizing experience was the natural choice as founding vice-chair of The Writers' Union of Canada and later chair, 1980-81. He was the author 24 books in total; five fiction, many types of non-fiction, and one poetry anthology. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1980.
a comprehensive survey of the all-stars of Canadian villainy.
attempts to strip the folklore from the facts and present an
unvarnished view of outlaws ... an antidote to the image of
Canadian docility
Canadians can now turn to a new collection of bad men and bad acts
that should add spice to the blandness of their history.
In Plunder & Pillage, a new collection of previously published work
by the late Harold Horwood, readers are taken on a literary journey
through the era of piracy on the high seas off our coast.
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