by johnubacon | Dec 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers! Hope all’s well, and you’re enjoying a well-earned break. Meantime, to repeat from last week, if you haven’t bought The Great Halifax Explosion yet, available at all local bookstores, national airports, Barnes & Noble and...
by johnubacon | Dec 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers! I’m off the road after a couple dozen stops in 12 states and 2 provinces for The Great Halifax Explosion Book Tour. Today I just sent in our last excerpt, this one for TIME magazine, which explains how you save Christmas...
by johnubacon | Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers! Hope all’s well with you. The Great Halifax Explosion book tour is going great, so thanks to so many of you who’ve already come out to meet me on the trail. Philadelphia and New York this week, with Boston tonight, at the...
by johnubacon | Nov 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers! For “The Great Halifax Explosion” book tour, I’ll be visiting: Philadelphia Tuesday night, Nov. 28. New York Wednesday night, Nov. 29 Boston Friday night, Dec. 1 In all book tour stops, I’ll be giving a talk about the...
by johnubacon | Nov 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Every year at this time the province of Nova Scotia spends $180,000 to send Boston the province’s best Christmas tree, which they light in Boston Common, the nation’s oldest public park. Why do they do it? Because a century ago, Boston sent two trains, two...
by johnubacon | Nov 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello, Loyal Readers, The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism hit the shelves on Tuesday, November 7, and the response so far has been universally positive. Here’s a review from The National Post,...
