The Book of War Letters: 100 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence
Compiled and Edited by Audrey and Paul Grescoe
Language: English
Published by Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2003
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Edge wear to jacket and rubbing wear to spine; Christmas 2003 gift inscription, in black ink, on front endpaper. Contents: Introduction "It's letters that do the most good" - South Africa, 899-1902 "The sand came down like hail stones" - The Great War, 1914-1918 "As terrible as hell can possibly be" - The Second World War, 1939-1945 "I have no nerves left, Laura" - Korea, 1960-1953 "Mother, sometimes you can't help crying" - Peacekeeping, 1954- "Hatred is deep, and everyone has a gun" - Afghanistan, 2002 "We are safe and will be".
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- Title
- The Book of War Letters: 100 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence
- Author
- Compiled and Edited by Audrey and Paul Grescoe
- Publisher
- Macfarlane Walter & Ross
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1551991055
- ISBN 13
- 9781551991054
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- History
Duress the extreme experience war produces brings out the most remarkable human qualities, and letters written in wartime contain some of the most intense emotion imaginable. This anthology includes letters that date as far back as the Boer War (which began in 1899) and extend up to 2002, when Canadian peacekeepers served in Afghanistan. Between are letters from the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, and a number of peacekeeping missions. It contains some of the most powerful writing that Canadians whether reassuring loved ones, recounting the bitter reality of battle, or describing the appalling conditions of combathave ever committed to the page.
The letters Canadians have written during wartime are proud and self-deprecating, stoic and complaining, brave and fearful, tender and violent, funny and poignant. The Book of War Letters tells us something about what it means to be Canadian, and what it means to be alive.
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About the Author
Paul Grescoe has contributed to most of the major Canadian magazines and has also written books, including detective novels and The Merchants of Venus, about the Harlequin publishing empire. They live on Bowen Island, near Vancouver, B.C.
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