Social historian Joanna Rickert-Hall dives into the history lived out in the margins of mainstream stories: the ex-slaves, the cholera victims, the grave digging doctor, the séance-loving politician, the rumrunner, and the sorcery-practising healer. This is Waterloo You Never Knew, revealed.
Social historian Joanna Rickert-Hall dives into the history lived out in the margins of mainstream stories: the ex-slaves, the cholera victims, the grave digging doctor, the séance-loving politician, the rumrunner, and the sorcery-practising healer. This is Waterloo You Never Knew, revealed.
Joanna Rickert-Hall is a social historian engaged in the unending search for arcane and overlooked histories. She is the 2015 recipient of the Jean Steckle Award for Excellence in heritage education. Joanna lives in Waterloo, Ontario.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker Preface Part One: Life on the Margins: Cultivating Community Chapter 1: Waterloo County in Historical Context Chapter 2: Transient Entertainment: A Menagerie (and Cholera) Come to Town Chapter 3: The Underground Railroad Makes a Stop in Waterloo County Part Two: Containment Chapter 4: Misfits, Mischief, and Misfortune: Fitting in or Falling Out Chapter 5: The Berlin Gaol: Inmates and Murder Most Deadly Chapter 6: The Waterloo County House of Industry and Refuge: Case Studies in Contrast Chapter 7: Containment for Children: The Orphanages Part Three: Dodgy Dealings and Risky Business: On the Margins for Profit Chapter 8: Bootleggers, Joseph Seagram, and Al Capone Chapter 9: The Dark Side of the Sunny Side of Doing Business: Bodysnatching for Profit Part Four: In the Devil's Snare: Beyond the Veil Chapter 10: Witchcraft, Healing ... and Mennonites? Chapter 11: Crystal Balls, Spirit Guides, and Psychic Healers: The Prime Minister, the Artist, and the Nurse-Turned-Psychic Part Five: History as Storytelling Chapter 12: The Legend of Oromocto Spring Epilogue Timeline Acknowledgements Notes Selected Bibliography and Further Reading Image Credits Index
Foreword by Stephanie Kirkwood Walker Preface Part One: Life on the Margins: Cultivating Community Chapter 1: Waterloo County in Historical Context Chapter 2: Transient Entertainment: A Menagerie (and Cholera) Come to Town Chapter 3: The Underground Railroad Makes a Stop in Waterloo County Part Two: Containment Chapter 4: Misfits, Mischief, and Misfortune: Fitting in or Falling Out Chapter 5: The Berlin Gaol: Inmates and Murder Most Deadly Chapter 6: The Waterloo County House of Industry and Refuge: Case Studies in Contrast Chapter 7: Containment for Children: The Orphanages Part Three: Dodgy Dealings and Risky Business: On the Margins for Profit Chapter 8: Bootleggers, Joseph Seagram, and Al Capone Chapter 9: The Dark Side of the Sunny Side of Doing Business: Bodysnatching for Profit Part Four: In the Devil's Snare: Beyond the Veil Chapter 10: Witchcraft, Healing ... and Mennonites? Chapter 11: Crystal Balls, Spirit Guides, and Psychic Healers: The Prime Minister, the Artist, and the Nurse-Turned-Psychic Part Five: History as Storytelling Chapter 12: The Legend of Oromocto Spring Epilogue Timeline Acknowledgements Notes Selected Bibliography and Further Reading Image Credits Index
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