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{{BLP primary sources|date=May 2013}}John Melady is a Canadian non-fiction author from Seaforth, Ontario Canada . A former high school vice-principal in Trenton, Ontario, he writes primarily about 19th and 20th century Canadian history with a usual focus on acts exhibiting courage.[1]EducationJohn Melady received a Bachelor of Arts in English from The University of Western Ontario. He received his Masters of Education from the University of Toronto.[1] Book SubjectsThe subject of his 2005 book 'Double Trap: The Last Public Hanging in Canada' was his ancestral cousin, 19th century convicted murderer Nicholas Melady, who was jailed and executed in Goderich, Ontario in 1869.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Books- Explosion - Trenton Disaster Mika Publishing Company (1980)H.E.Communications 2nd
edition 2014 {{ISBN|978-0-9938493-0-5}} - Escape From Canada!(1981) {{ISBN|0-7715-9256-6}}[1]
- Korea: Canada's Forgotten War (1983) {{ISBN|0-7715-9278-7}}[1]
- Cross of Valour (1985)
- Overtime Overdue: The Bill Barilko Story (1988) ASIN: B000JLHO72
- Pilots [1989] {{ISBN|0-7710-5863-2}}[1]
- Heartbreak and Heroism (1997) {{ISBN|1-55002-287-3}}[1]
- Acts of Courage (1998) {{ISBN|0-590-12449-8}}[1]
- Star of Courage [2001] {{ISBN|1-55002-365-9}} [2]
- Double Trap: The Last Public Hanging in Canada (2005) {{ISBN|1-55002-571-6}}[3]
- Pearson's Prize: Canada and the Suez Crisis (2006) ISBN 1-550- 02611-9[4]
- Canadians In Space:The Forever Frontier{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
- Breakthrough: Canada's Greatest Inventions and Innovations (Dundurn 2013) {{ISBN|9781459708525}}
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Writer's Union of Canada
2. ^http://www.dundurn.com/books/star_courage
3. ^http://www.dundurn.com/books/double_trap
4. ^http://www.dundurn.com/books/pearsons_prize
External links{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Melady, John}}{{Canada-nonfiction-writer-stub}} 5 : Writers from Ontario|1938 births|Living people|University of Toronto alumni|University of Western Ontario alumni |