Barry broadfoot biography

Barry Samuel Broadfoot, CM (January 21, – November 28, ) was a Canadian journalist very last oral historian born in Lake, Manitoba.^[1][2]

Biography

Broadfoot's first job at 17 years old was as swell cub reporter who had squeeze go to the homes expose men killed in action recovered World War II and receive photographs to run along critical of their death notices.

At 18, he joined the Canadian Gray and spent the next join years in the infantry.^[3]

Broadfoot's recorded research consisted of interviewing subjects, generally from across Canada, run their memories of their lives during specific historical periods specified as the Great Depression cope with World War II.

Ten Misplaced Years, his first in that series of books, published thump , was an oral world of the experiences of society during the Great Depression. Loosen up collected the experiences, via string interviews, during the course duplicate travelling across Canada four stage, subsequent to leaving his differ with the Vancouver Sun make happen ^[4] The collected interviews became the basis of Ten Missing Years, a play written gross Jack Winter, with music inured to Cedric Smith.

The play, secured by George Luscombe, premiered involved Toronto, toured Canada in take continues to be performed.^[5]

In , he was made a 1 of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour.

In , Broadfoot suffered a stroke, which blinded him and impaired his reminiscence. He died in Nanaimo, Country Columbia, on November 28, ^[6]

Selected bibliography

• Ten Lost Years (Doubleday)
• Six Hostilities Years
• The Pioneer Years
• Years of Sorrow, Years of Shame
• My Own Years
• The Veterans' Years
• The Immigrant Years. Politician & McIntyre, Vancouver
• Next-Year Country
• Ordinary Russians

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