2. Observing the outports by Jeff Webb. An accessible examination of the role the new university, its professors, and students played in the social and economic changes in Newfoundland and Labrador during the first 30 years after Confederation.
Two copies at Broken Books by the war memorial.
3. Beating against the wind by Calvin Hollett. On one level, a history of a theological dispute among Anglicans in Newfoundland 150 years ago but on another a book offers greater insight into the country and the people who built it. History from the ground up.
In the interest of full disclosure, Hollett is no close relation relation but a key figure in the book - Thomas Edward Collett of Harbour Buffett - is my maternal great-great-great grandfather.
4. Conflicted colony by Kurt Korneski. A study of five conflicts that broadens and deepens our understanding of Newfoundland in the 19th century by applying a new lens to our view. Far from being culturally or politically homogeneous, Newfoundland in the 19th century was a frontier where diverse groups formed and reformed relationships in a constantly changing environment.
5. Sweat equity by Chris Sharpe and AJ Shawyer. This is the story of how the Commission government and the new provincial government after 1949 first recognised the desperate need for decent housing and then tried to meet the need using the resources available.
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