First Schoolmaster in Random Sound: George Vardy of the Southwest Arm BIPOC Hamilton Literary Award (Non-Fiction)

Hamilton Literary Award (Non-Fiction)

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They make lists in winter

bright and inquisitive young Edith Holler spends her days among the boisterous denizens of the Holler Theatre

First Schoolmaster in Random Sound: George Vardy of the Southwest Arm BIPOC Hamilton Literary Award (Non-Fiction)Poor and friendless yet called to teach, George Vardy of Christchurch emigrates to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, marrying at Grates Cove in 1841, at a time when schoolmasters work as jacks of all trades. In a world of mass illiteracy, where Anglican and Methodist clergy compete for souls, and pioneers flock to new frontiers, Vardy joins a migration to Random Sound, where he fights to feed his family, and struggles to open a day school at Heart's Ease