ED Whitcomb graduated with a Ph.D. in history from the University of London. After a short university teaching career, he joined the Canadian foreign service specializing in political, economic, strategic, and intelligence analysis. He has lived in four regions of Canada as well as in four other countries with federal constitutions. He has published numerous articles on Canadian history, and is the author of a series of ten brief histories of the Canadian provinces.
Books by Ed Whitcomb
Napoleon’s Diplomatic Service (1979)
A Short History of Manitoba (1982)
Canadian Fiddle Music, Volume I (1990)
Canadian Fiddle Music, Volume II (2001)
A Short History of Alberta (2005)
A Short History of Saskatchewan (2005)
A Short History of British Columbia (2006)
The Great Canadian Songbook (2006)
A Short History of Ontario (2007)
A Short History of Nova Scotia (2009)
A Short History of New Brunswick (2010)
A Short History of Prince Edward Island (2010)
A Short History of Newfoundland (2011)
A Short History of the Canadian North (2011)
A Short History of Quebec (2012)