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William Richard Bird

ウィリアム・リチャード・バード

Wiriamu Richādo Bādo

Aliases: Will R. Bird
Pen Names: Will R. Bird（Pen name）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1891-05-11 （East Mapleton, Nova Scotia）
Died
1984-01-28 （Sackville, New Brunswick） age 92
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
East Mapleton, Nova Scotia → Amherst, Nova Scotia → Alberta (harvest work) → Southampton, Nova Scotia → Halifax, Nova Scotia → Sackville, New Brunswick

Career

Occupations
Writer, Novelist, Historian, Travel writer
Active Years
1928-1975
Affiliations
Nova Scotia Tourist Bureau, Historic Sites and Monuments Advisory Council
Memberships
Canadian Authors Association

Awards

Ryerson Fiction Award
1945
Work: Here Stays Good Yorkshire
Organization: Ryerson Press
Result: 受賞
Ryerson Fiction Award
1947
Work: Judgment Glen
Organization: Ryerson Press
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Century at Chignecto

1928 History

History of Beaubassin/Chignecto.

Maritime history

Thirteen Years After

1931 Memoir

Return to WWI battlefields 13 years later.

War memories

The Misadventures of Rufus Burdy

1975 Fiction

Misadventures of Rufus Burdy.

Humor

Bibliography

  • A Century at Chignecto
  • Historic Nova Scotia
  • Done at Grand Pre
  • And We Go On
  • Private Timothy Fergus Clancy
  • Thirteen Years After
  • The Communication Trench
  • The Two Jacks
  • No retreating footsteps
  • The North Shore Regiment
  • Ghosts Have Warm Hands
  • This is Nova Scotia
  • Off-Trail in Nova Scotia
  • These Are the Maritimes
  • The Maid of the Marshes
  • Here Stays Good Yorkshire
  • Judgment Glen
  • The Passionate Pilgrim
  • So Much to Record
  • To Love and To Cherish
  • The Shy Yorkshireman
  • Tristram's Salvation
  • Despite the Distance
  • An Earl Must Have a Wife
  • Angel Cove
  • The Misadventures of Rufus Burdy

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Realistic narrativeRegional focus
Recurring Motifs
War experiencesMaritime regionFamily loss

Legacy

Canadian writer known for WWI memoirs and Maritime history books.

Archives

  • Dalhousie University Will R. Bird fonds

Trivia

  • Served in Canadian Expeditionary Force in WWI.
  • Son died in WWII.