FAR FROM HOME - CANADIANS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR - 1ST EDTN 1999 REF: 9162H

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FAR FROM HOME - CANADIANS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR - 1ST EDTN 1999 REF: 9162H
FAR FROM HOME - CANADIANS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR - 1ST EDTN 1999 REF: 9162H
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FAR FROM HOME
CANADIANS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
First Edition
First Printing
1999
by
BILL FREEMAN
RICHARD NIELSEN
Companion
to the acclaimed TV mini series of the same name.
REF-DRT-9162H
VH:C.SS
GS1162 MISSRD 1021
11 1/4" x 8 1/2"
246 Pages
996 grams
Hard Cover
Near mint condition with dust cover
Publisher: McGraw Hill / Joan Homewood
Original sticker price in 1999: .99
The following review from public domain:
Far From Home: Canadians in the First World War
by Bill Freeman and Richard Nielson
Although they are not always given the credit they deserve, Canadians played an important role in the First World War. Far From Home provides a moving account of Canada's contributions both on and off the battlefield. It also describes how the war transformed Canada from a rural area dependent on the British Empire to an independent middle power ready to play a role on the world stage.
When Canada entered the First World War it was a largely rural, colonial nation, dependent socially and economically on the British Empire. By the war''s end, it had emerged as an independent, middle power ready to play a role on the world stage.Far From Home, a companion to the mini-series of the same name, chronicles in a powerful and compelling way the vital role Canadians played in World War I and how events of the war, at home in the trenches, transformed the Canadian identity. It reveals …+ read moreWhen Canada entered the First World War it was a largely rural, colonial nation, dependent socially and economically on the British Empire. By the war''s end, it had emerged as an independent, middle power ready to play a role on the world stage.
Far From Home, a companion to the mini-series of the same name, chronicles in a powerful and compelling way the vital role Canadians played in World War I and how events of the war, at home in the trenches, transformed the Canadian identity. It reveals the war through scores of original photographs, newspaper clippings, excerpts from letters and diaries, and quotes from hundreds of Canadians who lived through the nightmare experiences of the trenches. Award-winning author Bill Freeman and acclaimed filmmaker Richard Nielsen unravel the war from several points of view - the political leadership, the military strategists, the women in the factories on the home front, and the soldiers in the trenches. Beginning with the naive optimism of Canadians as they prepared for war and moving through the feelings of despair as the infantry faced the horrors of trench warfare, Freeman and Nielsen demonstrate how Canadian troops by war''s end developed into the shock troops of the war - and played a significant role in the allied victory.
Too few Canadians today have an appreciation of the major contribution that this country made to the First World War and how that was shaped the Canada we know today. For Canadians of all ages, Far From Home provides a powerful and moving account of this nation''s contributions to WWI and fascinating insights into the pivotal nature of the war to our history.
Praise for the television series Far From Home:
"One of the must-see TV events of the year - a rich, sprawling and often bloody tapestry that springs to life with the reminiscences of the soldiers and their families back home."
Star Entertainment
"A solid, occasionally searing story. What pulverizes the mind is the countless reminders of the sheer-scale of the numbers of dead. We still aren''t numb to the numbers."
Report on Business Magazine
"A splendid evocation of the era. This book, a collaboration between Bill Freeman and Richard Nielsen, carries the story even further."
J.L. Granatstein,
Director and CEO, Canadian War Museum
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