Ronald Caplan

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Ronald Caplan


Born
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States
January 01, 1945

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Publisher, Writer, Folk-historian, Order of Canada appointee. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ronald Caplan emigrated to Canada in 1971, settled in Cape Breton Island's Highlands region, and began chronicling the local history. This was a region where Gaelic was still the language spoken by people in the area, but was quickly being replaced by English. Sensing that he would have only a time-limited opportunity to record this culture before its native speakers died off, he founded Cape Breton's Magazine in 1972, to record the culture and living history of the island and its people. His audio recordings and photographs are a lasting record of this way of life that has mostly disappeared. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2010 for h ...more

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Talking Cape Breton Music: ...

4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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Women of Courage: 15 Cape B...

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Cape Breton lives: A book f...

4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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Pearleen Oliver: Canada's B...

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Cape Breton works: More liv...

4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996
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A Stone for Andrew Dunphy

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Down North

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The Cabot Trail in Black & ...

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The Men's Breakfast: 19 New...

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