CB Rail history “book-of-the-year”

Cape Breton RailwaysCongratulations to Herb MacDonald, author of Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History (CBUP 2012) on winning the national book award of the Canadian Railroad History Association (CRHA).

The accompanying citation says the book “gives a fascinating and comprehensive examination or railways and their critical role in moving resources and people … fully cited and extremely well illustrated….”

The award recognizes and honours an individual whose endeavours in the previous year have contributed significantly to the recording and/or preservation of artifacts of historical value related to Canada’s railways.

Cape Breton Railways was a finalist for the (2013) Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award.

Congratulations Herb!

Posted by Mike Hunter on September 3, 2014

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