Vimy: The Battle and the Legend

Cook, Tim

ISBN 10: 0735233187 / ISBN 13: 9780735233188

Published by Penguin, 2018

About this Item

509 pp. "Cook examines the battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 and the way the memory of it has evolved over the past century." Illustrated with b&w photos and maps. Bright clean copy.

Seller Inventory # 018415

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vimy: The Battle and the Legend
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735233187
• ISBN 13: 9780735233188
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Military

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Synopsis

On the 100th anniversary of the event, and as Canada celebrates 150 years as a country, Vimy is a fitting tribute to those who fought the country's defining battle. It is also a stirring account of Canadian identity and memory, told by a masterful storyteller.

About the Author

TIM COOK is Chief Historian and Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum. His bestselling books have won multiple awards, including three Ottawa Book Awards for Literary Non-Fiction and two C.P. Stacey Awards for the best book in Canadian military history. In 2008 he won the J.W. Dafoe Prize for At the Sharp End and again in 2018 for Vimy The Battle and the Legend. Shock Troops won the 2009 RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Cook is a frequent commentator in the media, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the Order of Canada.