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- Used
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 19.99
Quantity: 1 available
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SUBTITLED : ` The Haunting Journal of Deward Barnes, Canadian Expeditionary Force : 1916 -1919 '. Deward Barnes was born in Toronto in 1888 and enlisted in February 1916. Read more about : Sergeant Thatcher, funk hole, trench foot, Saint Venant, Lucy Field, Maxim gun, No. 2 Platoon, Alberta Road, and the Purple Line. B/W photographs and a few original drawings accompany text. Cond : Boards are grey-blue with silver gilt lettering. End-papers aree white. D.J. (now protected in mylar) is `foggy' grey with two images of Deward Barnes. Bright and square and clean. No names nor marks. No creases, no tears. 274 pages plus end-notes, appendices and biblio. Giftable ! ! Collectible ! Quote (p. 125) : " The corner was at an intersection in a stretch of the Menin Road between the town of Ypres and the village of Hooge to the east. The corner was plainly visible to German batteries occupying slightly higher ground still further to the east, which meant they could observe all traffic movement on the road by day and shell it at will - hence _._._. ." Size: Octavo.…
Seller Inventory # 010290
- Title
- It Made You Think of Home
- Author
- Cane, Bruce
- Publisher
- Dundurn, Toronto
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1550025120
- ISBN 13
- 9781550025125
- Illustrator
- B/W Photographs
- Seller catalogs
- Military
"We took our positions, five kneeling and five standing … we got the order to fire. One blank and nine live rounds … I did not have the blank."
That is the voice of Deward Barnes, an unwilling but dutiful member of the firing squad that shot Harold Lodge, one of 25 Canadians executed during the First World War. In this diary we hear something that is otherwise gone forever: the authentic voice of the First World War soldier, Everyman in khaki. Fully annontated so that everyone today can understand the nuance of each entry, the Barnes diary takes us into the trenches and the firing lines of the Western Front like no other first-hand Canadian account of that terrible war can. Like any trained infantryman, Deward could tell the kick of a live round from a blank one, and that kick he bestows on us with each turn of the page.
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About the Author
Bruce Cane began writing about military history while a curatorial assistant at Historic Fort York, Toronto. Today, he writes technical manuals by day and pursues his passion for First World War history by night. Bruce lives with his family in Brooklin, Ontario.
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Wagon Tongue Books
Linden, AB, Canada
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Shipping rates from Canada to U.S.A.
| Item | 18 to 35 business days | 24 to 32 business days |
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| First item | US$ 31.00 | US$ 45.65 |
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I am a small home-based business so I may be difficult to reach by phone. I'm in the Mountain time zone. I've been passionate about books for approximately 30 years. Thank you for thinking Wagon Tongue.
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western canadiana, ephemera & rarities, horse and horse-related, cowboy stuff, indians and North American first peoples, things that catch my eye - including (non)books, mere bagatellesSeller's business information
Wagon Tongue Books
AB, Canada
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We may accept International money orders or personal cheques; please allow 6 days for cheques to clear. Please make cheques payable to Wagon Tongue Books. I can handle your credit card transactions ONLY through the ABE.commerce program. PAYPAL is also a workable option. We under rate the condition of our books, build cardboard shipping sleeves for protected shipping and respond promptly to requests and queries. Shipping and handling on all books is at the expense of the purchaser, and is often in the $12.95 per item range. Book weight and volume purchases will alter these conditions. We will be happy to re-quote books in Canadian dollars for local buyers and to arrange local `hand-offs'of purchases, if you prefer.
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