{"id":3280107,"date":"2025-10-17T16:55:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3280107"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:55:43","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-andrew-maclean-backyard-history-book-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-andrew-maclean-backyard-history-book-4","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Andrew Maclean (Backyard History Book 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The Maritimes is full of history and odd occurrences that make great stories. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3280108\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-andrew-maclean-backyard-history-book-4\/attachment\/lunchbox2025andrewmaclean\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean-800x800.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3280108\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guest today is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/backyardhistory.ca\">Andrew Maclean<\/a><\/strong>, author, historian and storyteller. The latest book in his <em>Backyard History<\/em> series arrived this year. He joins me to tell about what sorts of tales we can expect in <em>Backyard<\/em> <em>History: Mysterious Stories from Atlantic Canada&#8217;s Past.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for Andrew at farmer&#8217;s markets and Christmas markets near you, or order his books through his website, <a href=\"http:\/\/backyardhistory.ca\">backyardhistory.ca<\/a> .<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7587\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7587','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3280107-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is Andrew Maclean, author, historian and storyteller. The latest book in his Backyard History series arrived this year. He joins me to tell about what sorts of tales we can expect in Backyard History: Mysterious Stories from Atlantic Canada&#8217;s Past.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7588\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7588','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3280107-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%2020251017%20-%20Andrew%20Maclean%20-%20Backyard%20History%204.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-andrew-maclean-backyard-history-book-4\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3280108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2662,491,1256,13516],"class_list":["post-3280107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-atlantic-canada","tag-interview","tag-stories","tag-writer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025AndrewMaclean.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280109,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280107\/revisions\/3280109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3280108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3280107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3280107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}