Barbara Grantmyre

Barbara Grantmyre

Barbara Grantmyre was a Canadian writer. Born Barbara Lucas, she is known for several works of nonfiction including "Lunar Rogue" (1963) about the criminal Henry More Smith and "The River that Missed the Boat" (1975) about the Shubenacadie Canal. She also wrote short stories including a collection published as "A Rose for Minnie Mullet" in 1964. She was a contemporary of Thomas Raddall. [ [http://www.library.dal.ca/archives/trela/letters/309grantmyre15sep60.htm Correspondence from Thomas Raddall] ]

Her husband was Thomas Grantmyre and they lived in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia. She had three children. [ [http://www.shardfx.com/obits/main/obitstemplate.php?NameID=6073 Obituary of Charles Malcolm Merritt Grantmyre] ]

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* [http://www.doullbooks.com/ap_barbara_grantmyre.html List of works and collections]


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