As the Canadian Press reported today (link here to the article in the Globe & Mail), a gold coin minted in London between 1422 and 1427 has been found in an undisclosed location on the south coast of Newfoundland. While experts caution that the coin wasn't necessarily in Newfoundland at that date, it inevitably will... Continue Reading →
“Blinded, deaf and half crazy”: A.Y. Jackson at Sanctuary Wood, June 1916
In time for Remembrance Day, I've posted this excerpt from my new book Jackson's Wars, detailing artist A.Y. Jackson's horrendous experiences at Sanctuary Wood in June 1916 on the Ypres salient. Image: A Copse, Evening, A.Y. Jackson, 1918. Canadian War Museum
I’m now on mastodon
I've switched microblogging platforms from the bird thing to mastodon, where you can follow me at @dwhauthor@mastodon.social. Hope to see some of you over there. My twitter account remains active (for now) for notifying followers of postings here.
The Wawinet: 80 years gone
On the night of September 21/22, 1942, the 87-foot motor yacht Wawinet sank on southeastern Georgian Bay. Twenty-five of forty-two people aboard that pleasure cruise drowned. As I related in the post "Wreckage," in the summer of 2021, I went looking for her.
“The Place of Stone” reviewed in Historical Journal of Massachusetts
The Historical Journal of Massachusetts, a peer-reviewed annual publication, has included a review of my book The Place of Stone (University of North Carolina Press, 2017) in its Summer 2022 edition. (The review cites the hardcover, but the book is now available in paperback.) Nick Aieta, a professor of history and chair of the history... Continue Reading →
Free online talk on “Jackson’s Wars,” July 7
On July 7 at 6:45 pm, I'll be delivering a 45-minute online talk that's free to all. It's part of "The Group of Seven Come to Amherstburg," a pop-up event hosted July 1-10 by Art Windsor-Essex (formerly the Art Gallery of Windsor) and The River Bookshop in Amherstburg. There will be a live viewing of... Continue Reading →
Douglas Hunter 