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Gary MacDougall, aka “Mr. Guardian,” spent nearly fifty years in the newspaper industry on Prince Edward Island, helping to tell the stories of Islanders, to Islanders. A Newsie from the Valley: The Memoir of a PEI Paperboy chronicles his life in journalism, his memories of growing up in rural PEI, and his encounters with remarkable Islanders from all walks of life.
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Price: $34.95
About the Author:
This is Gary MacDougall’s sixth book about the lives and times of Prince Edward Islanders. His previous publications included Forbie, Wayne Gray: A Man of Vision, Wally: Driven to Win, Don McDougall, Business: Get it done, have some fun, and Tyne Valley: The People, Their History.
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MacDougall had a forty-seven-year career in journalism, including more than twenty as managing editor of the Charlottetown Guardian. He has received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to journalism on Prince Edward Island, an Atlantic Canada Journalism Award in the lifetime achievement category, and a Heritage Recognition Award from the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation.
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MacDougall and his wife, Ola, live in Cornwall, PEI. Their family includes son Graham and his wife, Anita, and children, Jack and Emma; and son Andrew and his wife, Jenneca, and their children, Anderson, Alexander, Emmie, and Lochlan.