Review: “best account of local history … in a generation”
A glowing review in the latest edition of Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society Journal (vol. 15, pp. 139-40) of Necessaries and Sufficiencies: Planter Society in in Londonderry, Onslow and Truro Townships, 1761-1780, by Carol Campbell and James F. Smith (winner of an Atlantic Book Award for historical writing).
“This is the best piece of historical writing in book form on Nova Scotia’s New England Planters. […] The scholarship is outstanding. […] The thoroughness of the research sets a very high professional standard.”
“…the best account of local history to be published in a generation as it greatly overshadows the currently dismal reputation of local history in Nova Scotia.”
High praise for Carol and Jim’s efforts. Congratulations.