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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Letter; The Halifax Explosion; And Then It Happened; Recovery and Transition; School Days; Defying the Odds; A Love Match; One of the Boys; Raising a Family; Vacations; Shopping with Dad; Family Life; Grandma Georgina; Peepers and Croakers; A Passion for Antique Autos; The Golden Years; The Halifax Relief Commission Pension Fund; Commemorating the Halifax Explosion; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Photo Credits; Related Photos |
| Summary |
Eric Davidson was a beautiful, fair-haired toddler when the Halifax Explosion struck, killing almost 2,000 people and seriously injuring thousands of others. Eric lost both eyes--a tragedy that his mother never fully recovered from. Eric, however, was positive and energetic. He also developed a fascination with cars and how they worked, and he later decided, against all likelihood, to become a mechanic. Assisted by his brothers who read to him from manuals, he worked hard, passed examinations, and carved out a decades-long career. Once the subject of a National Film Board documentary, Eric Dav |
| Analysis |
Automobile mechanics |
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Biography |
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Blind |
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Blind automobile mechanics |
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Davidson, Eric |
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Halifax |
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Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 |
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Nova Scotia |
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Davidson, Eric, 1915-2009.
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Blind automobile mechanics -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
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Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917.
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Blind automobile mechanics
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Nova Scotia -- Halifax
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kitz, Janet F., 1930-2019, writer of foreword
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| ISBN |
9781771086776 |
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1771086777 |
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