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’Tis a Wonderful Time to Be Alive : Life in a Newfoundland Outport by Winston Oldford is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>'Tis a Wonderful Time to Be Alive is Winston Oldford's personal account of growing up in Burnside, Bonavista Bay, in the 1940s and 1950s.<br> <br> The tiny community underwent a baptism by fire--literally--in the early twentieth century. Following a devastating forest fire in the area in 1912, the settlements of Squid Tickle and Holletts Cove became known, collectively, as Burnside. Today, with a population close to 200, it is one of seven communities on the Eastport Peninsula.<br> <br> This
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- Author
- Winston Oldford
- Publisher
- Flanker Press Limited
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781771174053
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Post Confederation (1867 ), Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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