Kevin Ryan

While this book is about written, it's also about clear thinking because in one sense writing is simply the physical representation of our thoughts on paper. Writing and speaking are the two primary ways we share our ideas and conduct business. Of the two, writing is not only the dominant form of business communication in the world, it's also a fundamental part of everyone's thinking process, which is why learning to write well also helps us become better thinkers.-from preface, p. vii.

A history of the early days of the former Town of Charlton (now part of the Municipality of Charlton and Dack) which is located near Englehart in Northern Ontario. Charlton had a bright few years as a logging centre but was almost entirely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1922. The late Kevin Ryan, a local stone mason, describes how the community coped with the fire and its aftermath and how it slowly regained some of its former lustre. Before the fire more than 2000 people lived in Charlton, by 2010 the population had reached about 300.

256 p. ; 21 cm

On Halloween night, as the rest of the Talbot family sleeps, Wishbone imagines himself the hero of classic ghost stories as he chases a mysterious figure through the streets of Oakdale.