{"product_id":"waterloo-you-never-knew-life-on-the-margins-paperback","title":"Waterloo You Never Knew: Life on the Margins - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoanna Rickert-Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephanie Kirkwood Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe history you don't know is the most fascinating of all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth century, Waterloo, Ontario, could be any small Canadian community. Its familiar histories privilege the \"great accomplishments\" of those who built the institutions we know today: industry, government, and education. But what of those who were marginalized, weird, and wonderful -- real people who lived between the boundaries of mainstream existence? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWaterloo You Never Knew\u003c\/i\u003e reveals forgotten and little known tales of a community in transition and reflects on those lives lived in infamy and obscurity, by choice or design. Meet the rumrunner, the ex-slaves, and the cholera victims, the grave-digging doctor, the s ance-loving politician, and the sorcery-practising healer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Come inside. See the Waterloo you never knew, revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanna 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772192358688,"sku":"9781459742901","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/199b6036110449a741889b3a62fa9213.webp?v=1780400974","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/waterloo-you-never-knew-life-on-the-margins-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}