The diary reveals a woman who took it for granted that she should do everything possible to aid the war effort and details her care of the sick and wounded at No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill), forty miles behind the trenches, as well as at No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, where she was within range of the shells. Combined with Susan Mann's sensitive and thoughtful introduction, the Gass diary provides a fresh look at Canadian participation in the First World War. It will appeal to a wide range of readers with an interest in military history, women's history, medical history, gender and war, diaries, and the history of nursing.
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"A fresh contribution to our understanding of the military and medical history during this period, shedding light on the ambivalent attitudes towards the war that were held by the people closest to it. Mann's introduction is sensitively written, and reveals that the editor has done considerable background research on the subject." Jonathan F. Vance, author of Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War "A major contribution to the field of Canadian military and women's history. Not only does Mann bring into the public domain a primary source hitherto unknown to scholars, but she also uses her splendid introduction to offer a timely critique of military and nursing history that continues to quickly pass over the work of the Nursing Sisters. The diary is exceedingly rich in detail and throughout offers evidence of the emotional turmoil and war weariness that we hope to find in primary sources. Unlike many diaries that become repetitious and boring, this one often delights and surprises. I read it in one gulp and wished for more." Margaret Conrad, Department of History, Acadia University
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First (presumed). Clare Gass was born into a Scottish family of Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia in 1887. She served overseas with the Canadian Army Medical Corps from May 1915 to December 1918. The book is a compilation of her diaries. 210 pages of text complemented by b/w wartime photographs. Additionally there are 7 appendices, further reading list, related McGill medical books and notes (38 pages). It is these later which FLESH out the historical background to the diary entries. Cond: Burgundy boards w/ burgundy d.j. over. BOTH are BRILLIANT. Latter has a b/w CAMC field hospital photo. NO names, nor marks, creases, tears, NOR folds. VERY giftable !!! QUOTE from June 13, 1916: " Early this morning a patient from the 25th in Ward B (MacLeod) sent for me to let me know that Cyril is wounded. The same shell silenced the whole of Cyril's gun crew. This man was able to walk out yesterday afternoon but Cyril." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 000851
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