Nate Hendley
@natehendley
Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime and history books. My latest book, Atrocity on the Atlantic, recounts the torpedoing of a Canadian hospital ship in WW1. Books: My website: www.natehendley.ca
Libraries and historical societies in the Toronto-area: I have three new talks, including the story of John Wilson. Wilson came from Scotland to Canada in 1912 and joined the Mounties He was also a liar, bigamist, and murderer. Click here for deets: natehendley.ca/presentations/
Like listening to books? My titles in audiobook format. Gangsters, wrongful convictions, historical war crimes, and a strange bank robber. At: Amazon tinyurl.com/2p8f57dz Apple tinyurl.com/33zu8cpz Audible tinyurl.com/4cb34buj Google Play tinyurl.com/rj887uab @dundurnpress.bsky.social
Like listening to books? My titles in audiobook format at Audible. Gangsters, wrongful convictions, historical war crimes, and a strange bank robber. Link: tinyurl.com/4cnzbfbn @dundurnpress.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social
On June 27, 1918, Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle was torpedoed by a German U-boat. A story of bravery, tragedy, and the war crime that changed the world. Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3 Barnes + Noble tinyurl.com/bdzjxnsu Indigo tinyurl.com/598894k7 @dundurnpress.bsky.social
1956. A child is murdered in Toronto. Police coerce 14 year-old Ron Moffatt into a false confession. Tragically, with Ron in custody, the real killer strikes again. My book, The Boy on the Bicycle at Amazon tinyurl.com/3fbnkeny + Kobo tinyurl.com/2vsr6kbf @dundurnpress.bsky.social
The view in Toronto today due to intense forest fires in Northern Ontario.
In 1964, deluded navy veteran Matthew Kerry Smith robbed a Toronto-area bank to fund a one-man revolution. Murder and mayhem ensued. My book at: Amazon amzn.to/3KQZ90P Barnes + Noble tinyurl.com/mvbj9vk9 Indigo tinyurl.com/mrysma9j @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
No one on hospital ship Llandovery Castle saw the torpedo before it hit. A story of bravery, tragedy, and the war crime that changed the world. Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3 Barnes and Noble tinyurl.com/bdzjxnsu Indigo tinyurl.com/598894k7 @dundurnpress.bsky.social
I am giving a free Zoom talk Sun, June 28 @ 2 pm (Central) about the attack on Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle by a German sub in WW1 The National WWI Museum is hosting My LC book @ Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3 Event info tinyurl.com/4hkaz9v3 @dundurnpress.bsky.social
I have written about Steven as well. This book is about Ron Moffatt (also 14 when wrongly convicted of murder, 1950s Ontario). Steven was charged as an adult, so he was named in media coverage. Ron was charged as a juvenile, so his name was kept out of the press. My book re Truscott at Amazon:
In 1956, a 14 year-old boy was wrongly convicted in Toronto The real killer remained at large. E-book/audiobook: Apple tinyurl.com/5xfn35zz Amazon tinyurl.com/3fbnkeny Barnes/Noble tinyurl.com/wy8twrfb Indigo (Kobo) tinyurl.com/2vsr6kbf @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
I will be giving a free Zoom talk Sun, June 28 @ 2 pm (Central) re the torpedoing of Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle by a German sub in WW1 The National WWI Museum is hosting. My book re the LC at Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3 Event info tinyurl.com/4hkaz9v3 @dundurnpress.bsky.social
Toronto entrepreneur Harold Fine wanted to sell condoms, not change the law. Arrested in 1961, Fine became an unlikely crusader against archaic statutes prohibiting the marketing of birth control in Canada. Click here for details about my new presentation: natehendley.ca/presentations/
Like listening to books? My titles in audiobook format at Audible. Gangsters, wrongful convictions, a historical war crime, and a strange bank robber. Link: tinyurl.com/4cnzbfbn @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social #audiobooks
Visit me at the Crime Writers of Canada tent, MOTIVE Festival, Sunday, June 7 from 11 am - 5 pm. Victoria University, U of Toronto (73 Queen’s Park Crescent, TO) MOTIVE deets festivalofauthors.ca/motive/ My books at Amazon www.amazon.ca/s?k=nate+hen... @dundurnpress.bsky.social
See me at Crime Writers of Canada tent MOTIVE Festival Sat/Sun June 6-7 from 11 am - 5 pm Victoria University, U of Toronto (73 Queen’s Park Crescent, TO) MOTIVE info festivalofauthors.ca/motive/ My books @ Amazon tinyurl.com/s582r8ms @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle was sunk by a German U-boat in WW1 The attack led to an epochal court ruling about "superior orders". My book at: Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3 Barnes and Noble tinyurl.com/bdzjxnsu Indigo tinyurl.com/598894k7
MOTIVE Festival deets: festivalofauthors.ca/motive/ My books at Amazon tinyurl.com/s582r8ms and Indigo tinyurl.com/mvjcz24v @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
Edwin Boyd robbed banks for money and fame. The Beatle Bandit wanted to finance a revolution. BB at Amazon amzn.to/3KQZ90P and Indigo tinyurl.com/59nmk348 Boyd at Amazon tinyurl.com/3pmav3j4 and Indigo tinyurl.com/49tcam8m @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle was torpedoed by a German sub on June 27, 1918. What happened next was worse. Atrocity on the Atlantic audiobook at: Amazon tinyurl.com/4utr759x Audible tinyurl.com/yw89uyns Apple tinyurl.com/p9jf9jvx @dundurnpress.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social
Like to listen to books? My titles in audiobook format at: Audible tinyurl.com/2scnextw Amazon tinyurl.com/ynadcuuf Apple tinyurl.com/33zu8cpz Titles about wrongful convictions, bank robbers, and a forgotten wartime tragedy. @dundurnpress.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social
Two wrongful convictions involving 14-year-old Ontario boys in the 1950s, with two very different outcomes The Boy on the Bicycle at Amazon tinyurl.com/3fbnkeny and Kobo tinyurl.com/2vsr6kbf Steven Truscott at Amazon tinyurl.com/awbea8c and Kobo tinyurl.com/yvwpzkxd @dundurnpress.bsky.social
He robbed Toronto-area banks in the 1960s to fund a revolution and fueled a nationwide debate about guns, insanity pleas, and the death penalty. Available at: Amazon amzn.to/3KQZ90P Indigo tinyurl.com/9c654t4x Dundurn Press : ow.ly/uEZz50Iymgj @dundurnpress.bsky.social
The misfit mobster who got rich from illegal beer and lotteries, won a tax trial, and was hated by his peers. My ebook and audiobook at: Amazon tinyurl.com/3h26enyc Apple tinyurl.com/4eky7het Barnes and Noble tinyurl.com/fdmjm8wz @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
New Goodreads review of The Beatle Bandit He robbed Toronto-area banks in the 1960s to fund a revolution and fueled a nationwide debate about guns, insanity pleas, and the death penalty. At: Amazon amzn.to/3KQZ90P Indigo tinyurl.com/9c654t4x Publisher ow.ly/uEZz50Iymgj @dundurnpress.bsky.social
He robbed Toronto-area banks in the 1960s to fund a revolution and fueled a nationwide debate about guns, insanity pleas, and the death penalty. Available at: Amazon amzn.to/3KQZ90P Indigo tinyurl.com/9c654t4x Publisher: ow.ly/uEZz50Iymgj @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
Ordered countless murders. Jailed for not paying taxes. My short account of Capone in e-book and audiobook formats: Amazon tinyurl.com/55kx7xfs Apple tinyurl.com/2p83hvbw Barnes + Noble tinyurl.com/y2smpkuj Kobo tinyurl.com/3ve29s69 @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social
New review of my book about the 1956 wrongful murder conviction of fourteen year old Ron Moffatt of Toronto. E-book and audiobook at Amazon tinyurl.com/3fbnkeny and Indigo (Kobo) tinyurl.com/rdy74yu6 @dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social