Talk:Ferdinand Waldo Demara
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I've added some facts, based in part on the print copy I have of the New York Times obituary for Demara. It's cut from the page, so I don't have the date, but the dateline for the obituary itself is "Anaheim, Calif., June 8," 1982. I also added links to the CFB Esquimalt museum, which has a quote from a shipmate. I'd like to do more but am looking for a source on how Demara's Korean exploits reached Canada and then the real Dr. Cyr. The version still has a lot of guesses in it, with no attribution. OtherDave 21:51, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
I learned about Demara in high school -- he had been a member of the Brothers of Christian Instruction, who ran my school, prior to his exploits in the Canadian Navy. Brother Anthony St-Denis, FIC, who tended the apple orchard when I was at school, was the person who had to travel from Alfred, Maine to Canada to retrieve the truck Demara had stolen.
So naturally I have just ordered copies of both Crichton books, The Great Imposter and The Rascal and the Road (the latter is about Crichton's travels with Demara as the first book was being written and researched). Both are out of print. I will glean for facts to add to this page. OtherDave 20:46, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV
I put up the NPOV sign. The comments about the film about Demara and about Demara's role in a film both seem to make opinion judgements. Notthe9 04:32, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
