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Born in Canada, McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, while serving in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that he wrote his famous poem In Flanders Fields, that was inspirational in the adoption of the poppy as the symbol of remembrance.
Set against a background of nearly half a century of history, Dianne Graves brings alive in fascinating detail John McCrae and his world; some of the people he knew and met among them Rudyard Kipling, Leo Amery, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Stephen Leacock, the threads that linked their lives; and the story of four people who, after the war, were instrumental in the events that led to poppies being manufactured and sold to raise funds.
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Dianne Graves is the author of two previous books. In the Midst of Alarms examined the experiences of women in the War of 1812 She has also written a children's book about the Battle of the Windmill in 1838.
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- PublisherVanwell Publishing Ltd.
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1550680919
- ISBN 13 9781550680911
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages300
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A CROWN OF LIFE: THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.
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ISBN 10: 1550680919
ISBN 13: 9781550680911
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