Pictonians at Home and Abroad

By Rev. J.P. MacPhie, M.A.

Full original title from the 1914 edition reads: "Pictonians at Home and Abroad, Sketches of Professional Men and Women of Pictou County - Its History and Institutions".

This book provides a detailed history of the county , with an emphasis on the accomplishments of early Pictou settlers and their descendants.

Chapters include:

• The Pioneers of Pictou (County, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• The Religious History of the County
• Pictonians in the Pulpit
• Pictonians in the Medical Profession
• The Bench and the Bar
• The Story of the Pictou Academy
• Pictou Educationists
• Pictonians in Foreign Fields
• The Press and Printers of Pictou
• Pictou in Politics
• Pictou in the Business World

Rev. MacPhie provides biographical sketches of the first prominent settlers in Pictou County. Information is included on physicians, clergy, lawyers, educators, the press, printers and publishers and politicians as well as prominent business people of the time.

Details

232 Pages
6 X 9"
Hardcover
Index
Illustrated
Originally published by Pinkham Press, Boston, 1914
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2000
ISBN 1-894378-36-9