{"product_id":"9781771172592","title":"How Newfoundlanders Got the Baby Bonus","description":"Every Newfoundlander and Labradorian knows that Joey Smallwood was “the Father of the Baby Bonus.” He told us so in his own inimitable style—many, many, many, many times. But is that really how Newfoundland’s mothers got their cheques? Or is it another Imperfect Moment from our past—one where the story is simply wrong or incomplete?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid Adolf Hitler ever fight the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the First World War?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy did William Coaker, champion of Newfoundland’s fishermen, throw an inkwell across the House of Assembly at Alfred B. Morine?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid Newfoundland really try to sell Labrador to Canada?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWere the 1949 Referendum ballots counted honestly, or did we become Canadians because of a fraud?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas Rockwell Kent a German spy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the true story of the loss of the SS Diana, a Newfoundland sealing vessel?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd what did Edward, Prince of Wales—later the Duke of Windsor—really think about St. John’s?\u003cbr\u003eEdward Roberts, long and passionately interested in Newfoundland history, wrote fifty “Past Imperfect” newspaper columns to answer these and other questions from the mists of our past. He answered all these questions, and more. He revealed the real reason why the famed Blue Puttees wore blue leggings, and not the khaki of the British Army of their day. He demolished the myth that the Pink, White, and Green was Newfoundland’s national flag. And he tells how and why 50,000 mothers throughout Newfoundland and Labrador got their first baby bonus cheque in April 1949, just three weeks after Confederation. Joey Smallwood got the credit, but he didn’t do the work.","brand":"Flanker Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136720453872,"sku":"9781771172592","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771172592_p0.jpg?v=1763707672","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771172592","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}