Thomas H. Raddall

Thomas Head Raddall was born in 1903 in Hythe, Kent, England, and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1913, eventually becoming a prominent Canadian author based in Nova Scotia. Nimbus Publishing. He is best known for his historical fiction and nonfiction histories, with notable works including His Majesty's Yankees (1942), Pride's Fancy (1948), and Halifax: Warden of the North (1948), for which he won three Governor General's Literary Awards. Studies in Canadian Literature. Appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1971, Raddall also contributed to historical preservation in Nova Scotia.Thomas Head Raddall -