Category: Biography
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The Tragic Life and Afterlife of Édouard Beaupré, Giant of Willow Bunch
Édouard was a perfectly normal child when he arrived into this world in Willow Bunch Saskatchewan on January 9, 1881. His father was Gaspard Beaupré, a French Canadian from Quebec. His mother was Florestine Piché, a Metis woman who fled the Red River Colony in Manitoba during the 1870 uprising. The first-born of twenty siblings,…
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The Strange and Savage Life of Thomas Midgley Jr
Do you recognize this man’s face? How about his name? Some of you may, but I suspect the majority of you probably do not. I feel that you should know his name because a very strong argument can be made that this man has single-handedly been responsible for more deaths than any other person in…