Background
Barry Broadfoot was born on January 21, 1926, in Winnipeg, Canada.
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Barry received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba in 1949.
Photo of Barry Broadfoot
Photo of Barry Broadfoot
Photo of Barry Broadfoot
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Hundreds of ordinary Canadians tell their own stories in this book. They tell them in their own words, and the impact is astonishing. As page after page of unforgettable stories rolls by, it is easy to see why this book sold 300,000 copies and why a successful stage play that ran for years was based on them. The stories, and the 52 accompanying photographs, tell of an extraordinary time. One tells how a greedy Maritime landlord who tried to raise a widow's rent was tarred and graveled; another how rape by the boss was part of a waitress's job. Other stories show Saskatchewan families watching their farms turn into deserts and walking away from them; or freight-trains black with hoboes clinging to them, crisscrossing the country in search of work; or a man stealing a wreath for his own wife's funeral. Throughout this portrait of the era, before Canada had a social safety net, there are amazing stories of what Time magazine called "human tragedy and moral triumph during the hardest of times." In the end, this is an inspiring, uplifting book about bravery, one you will not forget.
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1973
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Barry Broadfoot's Ordinary Russians artfully recount the author’s 1987 month-long trip to the Soviet Union. Skillfully combining his own impressions with the storied experiences of Russians from all walks of life, including a trapper, a policewoman, a poet, and fishermen, Broadfoot presents a society in the midst of rapid change.
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1989
Barry Broadfoot was born on January 21, 1926, in Winnipeg, Canada.
After serving in the Canadian Infantry Corps during World War II, Barry received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba in 1949. He edited the university student newspaper, the Manitoban. In 1996 Broadfoot received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Manitoba.
Broadfoot's first job as a journalist came in 1955 with the Winnipeg Tribune. He would spend the next years working for the Vancouver Sun until he quit in 1972 after becoming irritated by office bureaucracy.
Always interested in oral history, he decided that history was too often told from the point of view of politicians, generals, and industrialists; he set out to capture the stories of ordinary people, recording their stories about such time periods as World War II and the Great Depression. The first of these books was "Ten Lost Years 1929-1939: Memories of Canadians Who Sunhved the Depression" (1973). This was followed by eight other titles, including "The Pioneer Years, 1895-1914: Memories of Settlers Who Opened the West" (1976), "The Veterans' Years: Coming Home from the War" (1985), and "Ordinary Russians" (1989).
In 1991 he donated his literary papers to the University of Manitoba Library.
(Barry Broadfoot's Ordinary Russians artfully recount the ...)
1989(Hundreds of ordinary Canadians tell their own stories in ...)
1973Broadfoot's historical research consisted of interviewing various Canadians from all over the country about their memories of their lives during specific historical periods such as the Great Depression and World World War II.
With his wife Anne Cornelia, Barry had two children, Ross and Susan.