A Soldier's Place: The War Stories of Will R. Bird

Bird, Will R./ Hodd, Thomas (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1771086300 / ISBN 13: 9781771086301

Editore: Nimbus Pub Ltd, 2019

260 pages. 8.25x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo x-1771086300

Riassunto:

A Soldier's Place is an anthology of short stories centered around the First World War by veteran Will R. Bird, who was determined to tell the stories of his fellow soldiers who fought during World War I.

Informazioni sugli autori: TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
His Deputy
The Creeping Phantom
Wire Overhead
Ghost Bayonets
The Three Dead Germans
Priscilla's Private
Sunshine
Sunrise for Peter
White Collars: A Tale of the "Princess Pats"
Eyes! Eyes! Eyes!
The Laughing Jackass: A Tale of the RAF
The Russian Coat
The Finer Instincts
If You Were Me
A Soldier's Place

Acknowledgments
Glassary
Bibliography

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 Université de Moncton. His essays and reviews have appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Literary Review of Canada, The Chronicle Herald, the Toronto Star, and Studies in Canadian Literature, among others. He is co-Editor of The Antigonish Review and author of #NOMORENOTES (Anstruther, 2016). His study of Charles G. D. Roberts's writings on the First World War appeared recently in The Great War: From Memory to History (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2015).

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Titolo: A Soldier's Place: The War Stories of Will R...
Casa editrice: Nimbus Pub Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 2019
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Brand New