David and Sandra Wells
The Last Front: A People's History of Mallorytown & the Front of Yonge Township
By: David and Sandra Wells
An compilation of history of the village and its hamlets.
Price: $20.00 (Includes tax). 215 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-9784037-7-5
Published 2014, Veterans Publications, Box 223, Kemptville, ON, K0G 1J0
The books are available at the following locations:
- Purcell's Freshmart, Mallorytown
- Front of Yonge Township Hall, Mallorytown
- Front of Yonge Public Library, Mallorytown
- A&E Books, 1000 Islands Parkway at LaRue Mills Road
- Grandma Had That Antiques, Lansdowne
- Stedman's, Athens
- Leeds County Books, Brockville
- Heritage Clock Shop, Brockville
Or by mail see: www.davewells.ca for details
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From Terry Meagher, the publisher:
“This is truly a People’s History, and Dave Wells and Sandra Wells came up with a wonderful way of making that so. they gathered detail on every creek and every abandoned foundation and every whisper of a ghost. But there’s more than that, Everyone village, hamlet and small community has produced what one of their neighbours calls Rocking Chair Genealogy, a group of stories told by the people. Some of them might not be completely true. But this book the catch what the historian in a ivory tower is apt to miss. The stories catch the essence of humanity as it existed then and they reflect how the people saw themselves and their neighbours.
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This book was reviewed in Thousand Islands Life, May, 2014 issue. "Two Histories, One Community."
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