For two decades following the First World War, Nova Scotia-born Will R. Bird published war stories in magazines and periodicals, which have gone out of print and were never digitized, and the stories had long fallen into obscurity―until now.

Carefully curated by author and editor Thomas Hodd, A Soldier's Place is an anthology of fifteen of Bird's best combat stories, based on the experiences of himself and of others, covering all aspects of the war effort and following brave Canadian, American, and Australian soldiers.

An infantry soldier, Will R. Bird miraculously survived the First World War and became one of the most prolific Canadian authors on the subject, completing both fiction and non-fiction works.

About the Authors

Born in East Mapleton, NS, Will R. Bird (1891-1984) served with the 42nd Highlanders during the First World War. After returning to Canada, he embarked on a writing career that spanned several decades. Best known for his historical fiction and war writings, especially his soldier memoir, And We Go On (1930), Bird published more than twenty books and several hundred stories, including a handful of non-fiction works about the Maritimes. He also spent many years working in various Nova Scotia government departments, and served briefly as president of the Canadian Authors Association.

Thomas Hodd is an Associate Professor of Canadian and Atlantic literature at Universit� de Moncton. His essays and reviews have appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Literary Review of Canada, The Chronicle Herald, and the Toronto Star among others. His study of Charles G. D. Roberts's writings on the First World War appeared recently in The Great War: From Memory to History.

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A collection of second-hand antique and vintage books. The inventory focuses on Church history; Reformation History; Renaissance History; History of THeology; History of the Middle Ages; Medieval Education and Learning; History of spirituality in the Middle Ages; Monastic History of the Middle Ages; Women's Studies, Middle Ages; History of the Netherlands; and Dutch Religious Literature of the Middle Ages. Also available new items: (multiple copies) They Farmed Well. The Dutch-Canadian Agricultural Community in Nova Scotia, 1945-1995 G. H. Gerrits. Kentville, N.S.: Vinland Press, 1996. 183 pp. Bibliography. Illustrated Examines the reasons for emigrating to Nova Scotia; various aspects of the immigrants? background in the Netherlands; government and other programs available to them in Nova Scotia to purchase farms; their contributions to agriculture in Nova Scotia. Immigration, Settlement, and the Origins of the Christian Reformed Church in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, c. 1950 ? c. 1965 G. H. Gerrits. Kentville, N.S.: Vinland Press, 2015. 310 pp. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated When Reformed Protestants from the Netherlands first settled in the Maritimes around 1950, the American-based Christian Reformed Church, which has Dutch roots, sent so-called home missionaries and fieldmen to the Maritimes to organize the Reformed Protestants into congregations. The financial assistance offered to the immigrant farmers ? and the bulk of them were farmers ? by the government of Nova Scotia, in particular, made this province an attractive place to settle and also drew Dutch immigrant farmers from other parts of Canada, especially Ontario after they had settled there first.

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