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Canada's dream shall be of them : Canadian epitaphs of the Great War / Eric McGeer & Steve Douglas.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771123105
- Physical Description: 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (some colour) ; 23 x 28 cm
Content descriptions
| General Note: | A collection of some of the personal inscriptions found on the headstones of Canadian soldiers who fought and died in the Great War and who are at rest in various war cemeteries in France and Flanders. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Storied Vimy's Hill -- Farewell, beloved -- The Ypres salient -- He fell at the Somme -- Passchendaele -- The hundred days -- He sleeps not here but in hearts across the seas. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Epitaphs > Canada. World War, 1914-1918 > Casualties > Canada. Cemetaries > France. Cemetaries > Belgium > Flanders. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 940.46571 McG | 31681003042868 | NONFIC | Available | - |
| Lakeshore Branch | LH REF 940.46571 McG | 31681003042876 | LH | Available | - |
Eric McGeer holds a PhD from the Universit? de Montr?al and teaches at St. Clement’s School in Toronto. He is the author of Words of Valediction and Remembrance: Canadian Epitaphs of the Second World War and several books on warfare and law in ancient Byzantium.
|Terry Copp is the director emeritus of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and a professor emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the author or co-author of fourteen books and many articles on the Canadian role in the Second World War, including travel guides to the Canadian battlefields. Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy won the 2004 Distinguished Book Award for non-US history from the American Society for Military History.
