Thomas Head Raddall

Thomas Head Raddall (born November 13, 1903, Hythe, Kent, England—died April 1, 1994, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada) was an English-Canadian novelist, who accurately depicted the history, manners, and idiom of Nova Scotians. Raddall immigrated to Nova Scotia with his family in 1913 after his father, a military officer, was transferred to Halifax. The younger Raddall was briefly employed as a wireless operator before becoming a bookkeeper in a paper mill in 1922; his various jobs...