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Boy from Port Hood - The Autobiography of John Francis "Lofty" MacMillan - Emery Hyslop and Peter McGahan (1996).
"From the mines of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada to the union offices of Ottawa, Canada, a record of the lifelong journey of John Francis "Lofty" MacMillan touches on more than the varied experiences of one man. His recollections reveal the richness of a Gaelic and Catholic culture, and the steadfast efforts of Cape Breton miners to seize the rights they had so long been denied. His journey reveals the undramatic, but nonetheless intensely human manner in which thousands of Canadians adjusted to the constraints of war and the opportunities of peace. As a policeman on the beat in Saint John, New Brunswick, as a municipal common councillor, and as an union organizer more comfortable on the picket line than in the office, he vividly relates the realities of Canadian social and economic life that have shaped our age." 192 pages 6 x9. 

Book #475  $24.00 (Canadian ) plus shipping of $ 10.00 within North America.

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