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  • Ghost Stories of Newfoundland and Labrador

    by Edward Butts ...
    Shrouded in the mists of history and legend, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is a land of mysteries. Its waters are a graveyard for countless wrecked ships. Its lore is full of tales about treachery and murder. And it was once the haunt of pirates. Haunt, indeed!Newfoundland and Labrador has tales of the supernatural that date back centuries, to a time before Canada even existed as a ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mad, Bad & Dangerous: Volume 1

    by Edward Butts ...
    The Mad, Bad & Dangerous: Vol. 1, is a collection of true stories about murders committed by men from widely differing backgrounds. One was the spoiled, eccentric son of wealthy parents. At the opposite end of the social spectrum was an impetuous rural youth who was a petty thief, obsessed with the power of a gun. The suspect in the massacre of a family was a farm boy with a history of mental ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mad, Bad & Dangerous: Volume II

    by Edward Butts ...
    The Mad, Bad & Dangerous: Volume II, presents further true stories of individuals who committed heinous acts of homicide; some with cold-hearted deliberation, others in blind rage or madness. A doctor with a pathological hatred of women left a trail of bodies in three countries. A wandering vagabond brutally assaulted a young girl within steps of her rural home. A stranger with a shadowy past ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Desperate Ones

    Forgotten Canadian Outlaws

    by Edward Butts ...
    They were among Canada's most desperate criminals, yet their names have been all but forgotten in the annals of history - until now! In their day these lawless men made headline news. Author Ed Butts has rescued their stories from dusty newspaper pages and polished them up for today's readers in this fascinating volume.The Markham Gang introduced Canada West to organized crime long before anyone ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wrong Side of the Law

    True Stories of Crime

    by Edward Butts ...
    English bank robbers on the run turn up in Newfoundland. A legendary Nova Scotia detective matches wits with smugglers. In the West the Mounties track down bandits and rustlers. Vancouver police officers hunt down the bank-robbing Hyslop Gang in the 1930s. A decade later the Polka Dot Gang rampages across Southern Ontario. The Newton Brothers' Gang, outlaws from Texas, engage in a gunfight with ... Read more

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  • Guelph Stories

    by Edward Butts ...
    This is a collection of factual stories about Guelph, Ontario, and its people. It is divided into sections: The Famous and the Forgotten, The World of Sports, Crime - Guelph's Dark Underside, Sundry Stories, and In Times of War. The people in these chapters range from ordinary folks in extraordinary circumstances and events to exceptional people who, unlike Guelph's most famous son, Col. John ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry Hudson

    New World Voyager

    by Edward Butts ...
    In 1607 Henry Hudson was an obscure English sea captain. By 1610 he was an internationally renowned explorer. He made two voyages in search of a Northeast Passage to the Orient and had discovered the Spitzbergen Islands and their valuable whaling grounds. In the process, Hudson had sailed farther north than any other European before him. In 1609, working for the Dutch, he had explored the Hudson ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rum, Blood & Treasure

    Stories Strange and True from Atlantic Canada

    by Edward Butts ...
    This great collection of stories strange but true is for every reader who loves history -- and mystery. Edward Butts weaves true tales -- the wreck of the Francis and the weird connection to Edward, Duke of Kent; the sea voyage of Charles Coghlan's coffin; Captain Jack Randell the rum-runner; Al Capone's gunman Bugs Moran and more!This collection offers the lore and legend of some of the greatest ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Running With Dillinger

    The Story of Red Hamilton and Other Forgotten Canadian Outlaws

    by Edward Butts ...
    This book picks up where The Desperate Ones: Canada's Forgotten Outlaws left off. Here are more remarkable true stories about Canadian crimes and criminals -- most of them tales that have been buried for years. The stories begin in colonial Newfoundland, with robbery and murder committed by the notorious Power Gang. As readers travel across the country and through time, they will meet the last two ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bandits & Renegades: Historical True Crime Stories

    by Edward Butts ...
    BANDITS & RENEGADES: Historical True Crime Stories presents some of the most unusual desperadoes in the annals of crime. Meet: Patty Cannon, the Canadian-born "devil woman" whose gang terrorized African Americans in the dark days of slavery; Eddie Guerin, a career criminal who stunned the world with his fantasic tale of escape from Devil's Island; Clan-na-Gael, whose members engaged in terrorism ... Read more

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  • Idioms for Aliens: A Grammar Revue of Plays and Verse

    by Edward Butts ...
    This is a humorous collection of verse and short plays about the oddities and pitfalls of English grammar. It can be used in the classroom to make English grammar fun, or just as an entertaining read. What is wrong with the pronoun It? How did Shakespeare learn the difference between Your and You're? What would happen if Active and Passive voices were contestants in a game show? Who says English ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wartime

    The First World War in a Canadian Town

    by Edward Butts ...
    The First World War was the cause of dramatic changes in every Canadian community. What it meant to daily life becomes clear in this book about the war years in Guelph, Ontario. The first months were the easiest, as young men rushed to enlist. Once news of casualties and deaths started arriving, the atmosphere changed drastically. Mothers dreaded the arrival of the telegraph boy. Newspapers ... Read more

    $16.99 USD