Edward’s Books

 

THE CHOSEN BREED ($62.50 + Shipping) – published in 2002

This two-volume book chronicles the history of the Canadian Holstein breed of dairy cattle between 1881, the year in which the black and white cow first came to Canada, and 2000, the year of the millennium.  It contains not only the glorious record of this wonderful species of mammal in the Land of the Maple Leaf, but recounts the sagas of the men and women who cared for her.  By virtue of their collective efforts in stock improvement, the fame of Canada’s Holsteins has spread around the globe. Hard cover

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THE HOLSTEIN HISTORY ($62.50 + Shipping) – published in 2012

This two-volume history of the Holstein breed of dairy cattle of the United States of America covers the period of one hundred and fifty-three years which began in 1857 and ended in 2010.  The year 2010, one hundred and fifty-three years after Winthrop Chenery, a Boston importer and commission merchant, made his first importation, and marked the 125^th anniversary of the incorporation of the Holstein-Friesian Association of the United States of America.  This book records the incredible progress made in those one hundred and fifty-three years. Hard cover

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E.Y. MORWICK’S LIVESTOCK RECORD VOL. I $69.00 + Shipping) – published in 2017

 Herd and breeder profiles (Holstein, Ayrshire and Guernsey); biographies of world’s champion producers; notes on auction sales including profiles of North America’s leading livestock auctioneers from R. Austin Backus to Henry “Sonny” Bartel; a major section on rural crime; and stories of horses and hogs and the people who bred them.  Hard cover – 483 pages               

 

E.Y. MORWICK’S LIVESTOCK RECORD VOL. II ($69.00 + Shipping)  – published in 2021

This recently published book contains chapters on all breeds of dairy cattle including the McDonald Farms Guernseys (never before written); Burnside and Cherry Bank Ayrshires; Wisconsin Reformatory, E-L-V Ranch, Forthlyne and Spring Farm Holsteins; Cheapside and Hillview Dual Purpose Shorthorns; plus biographies of the leading New York State Holstein herds and the important Ontario Guernsey herds of the twentieth century; biographies of show winners and production champions; a history of the evolution of Holstein udders; profiles of industry leaders including Dr. Gerald W. Snider, John M. Walker, Kenneth W. Trevena, Louis Cadesky, Bob Barnes, F.C. McLennan and Norman Nabholz; a major section on rural crime – theft, fraud and murder; and stories of horses and hogs (even a story about zebras) and the people who bred them. Hard cover – 488 pages

 

LIFE AT JERSEY SETTLEMENT  – A MEMOIR ($42.50 + Shipping) – published in 2018

The writer’s account of his life starting at birth, stories of mean neighbours, sadistic employers, crooked cattle dealers and chapters involving the settling of old scores.  This book also contains many portraits of the higher sorts of humanity, honest livestock traders, helpful lawyers, insightful real estate advisors and good neighbours, folks who defined diligence, decency and caring.  People who took him under their wing, the men and women who made his boyhood a joyous experience and helped shape his life. Hard cover – 290 pages

 

THE ROAD TO THESSALONICA ($42.50 + Shipping) – published in 2020

This book was not written for commercial purposes or with educational objectives.  It was written to entertain, amuse, and importantly, to preserve some important parts of rural history. Some parts of this book, in fact most of it, will be considered vulgar, even repulsive, and at the very least, in poor taste.  There are scenes of a sexual and violent nature, there is much profanity; and some people may be offended.

      The sorts of things that people considered humorous in the past are a reflection of the society in which they lived.  What they perceived as being funny is an important part of the social and cultural history of the time, just as important as the effects of the Great Depression and the Second World War, the polio outbreak that swept the country in the 1940’s, Marilyn Bell swimming across Lake Ontario and Barbara Ann Scott winning the Olympic ladies’ Gold Medal.  And there is a spiritual aspect:  what was considered sacred and what was profane says much about a society. Hard cover – 277 pages

 

BLOOD IN THE BOONDOCKS ($42.50 + Shipping) – published in 2023

This book has nothing to say about urban homicides.  These crimes took place in peaceful pastoral settings.  They took place across North America from the American Midwest to the farmlands of Southern Ontario.  In all communities, both urban and rural, there exists a criminal sub-culture, a loosely-knit network whose beliefs, customs and conduct are very much at odds with those of the larger population. Hard cover – 362 pages

 

MY LIFE AT THE BAR – A MEMOIR ($42.50 + Shipping)– published in 2025

This is the story of a Jerseyville farm boy who went to school, became a lawyer, and spent the best years of his life as a criminal defense attorney.  And it tells what happened when that life, for various reasons, was no longer a lucrative proposition.  At that point the writer started seeing dollar signs in other areas of activity.  God’s presence has usually been manifested through other human beings, those who guided him to the point where criminal defense attorneys were finding it hard to make a living.  Which took him to real estate development.  The rest is history.