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Morgan Wade

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born
Canada

gender
male

website

genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry

influences
George Orwell

member since
June 2011


About this author

Morgan Wade grew up in the farm country north of Toronto.

At 19, after reading Kerouac’s On The Road, he and a friend set out to circumnavigate the continent, travelling from Toronto to New York City and down the eastern seaboard, living and sleeping in a temperamental Pontiac Phoenix SJ. They spent two educational weeks at Mardi Gras, working the parades as carnies, selling firecrackers and cotton candy.

From New Orleans they rolled into Brownsville, Texas, Acapulco, and then on to Palm Springs, where the Phoenix finally gasped its last. The pair continued by bus to L.A. and to Vancouver where Morgan eventually found work in an upscale restaurant.

After briefly contemplating a career as a chef, he left the west coast to study literature an...more


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Average rating: 3.33 · 3 ratings · 2 reviews · 1 distinct work
The Last Stoic
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011
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Morgan Wade wrote a new blog post: Save the Bees
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Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and food. But if Bayer stops selling one group of pest... read more »
Apr 26, 2012 09:14pm  · 
Morgan Wade made a comment in the group The History Club — Stoicism's effect on Mythology topic
"Hi Priscilla,

For the purpose of my book The Last Stoic, I tended to focus on Stoic ethics, rather than theology or cosmology.

My main source was Marcu...more "
Jan 16, 2012 07:38am
Morgan Wade made a comment in the group The History Club — Historical Fiction topic
"Hi Ireney,

Thanks for your interest! Yeah, Epictetus is great. It is Marcus Aurelius' Meditations (MA draws a lot from Epictetus) that is central in Th...more "
Jan 16, 2012 07:09am
Morgan Wade made a comment in the group Indie and Self-Pub Book Corner — I'm an indie/self pub author and my book is... topic
"Hi everyone,

Just a quick note to let you know that I've listed The Last Stoic in a giveaway: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

The Last Stoic "
Dec 18, 2011 08:27am
Morgan Wade made a comment in the group The History Club — Please Introduce Yourself topic
"Morgan Wade

Hi all,

My name is Morgan Wade and I'm still kind of new to GoodReads but slowly learning my way around. I studied philosophy at university...more "
Nov 24, 2011 09:05am
Morgan Wade joined the The History Club and Indie and Self-Pub Book Corner groups.
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Morgan Wade gave 5 of 5 stars false to:
An Indecent Death by David Anderson
An Indecent Death
by David Anderson
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An Indecent Death is an entertaining read! It features lots of interesting characters to keep you guessing on who committed the crime, plus a quirky and endearing main character (Nicholas Drumm) tasked with solving the mystery. Drumm exposes a supris...more
Oct 11, 2011 07:20am  · see review
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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, Vol. I by Edward Gibbon
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, Vol. I
by Edward Gibbon
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Jun 16, 2011 11:29am
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The Good Book by A.C. Grayling
The Good Book: A Humanist Bible
by A.C. Grayling
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Your source for everything history! A group for those who love history - from the dawn of time to today. Topics of discussion include, but are not exc...more
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Why should major publishing houses determine everything we read? There are a lot of great stories out there, just waiting for readers to find them! Wr...more

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