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Thunder in the Skies : A Canadian Gunner in the Great War WWI CANADA GROUT
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “clean very good No Ink or Highlighting NOT from a library hand inspected by me(greg)”
- ISBN
- 9781459730939
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dundurn Press
ISBN-10
1459730933
ISBN-13
9781459730939
eBay Product ID (ePID)
210302217
Product Key Features
Book Title
Thunder in the Skies : a Canadian Gunner in the Great War
Number of Pages
472 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Military / World War I, Military / Canada, Military
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
26.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-387899
Reviews
Author Derek Grout...has done a remarkable job in painting a picture of the daily life of Canadian gunners in World War I...it is a very well-written, very readable book that should be on every Canadian gunner's bookshelf.
Table Of Content
Foreword Introduction 1 A City Goes to War 2 Into the 21st Battery 3 Training and the "Mysteries of Barrack Life" 4 "A Great Credit to Your Country" 5 New Homes 6 "Berlin or Bust" 7 At Sea 8 Shorncliffe 9 "We are a Depot Brigade" 10 "Dear ... Folks" 11 "Soldiering More Than We Have Done Since We Arrived in England" Chapter 12 Zeppelin Attack 13 "I Have Seen No Better Brigade This Year" 14 To the Front 15 A "Present to the Kaiser" 16 The Second Division Ammunition Column 17 "Hell to the nth Power" 18 "Absolutely the Best Pal I Ever Had" 19 "We Made the Usual Success of It" 20 Prelude to Vimy 21 The Battle of Vimy Ridge 22 July and August 1917 23 "Not Glad to be Back" 24 "Like the Crack of Doom": The Battle of Passchendaele 25 Winter Quarters 26 "Looks Like One Hell of a Job!" 27 Operation Michael 28 Holding the Line: May and June 1918 29 A Much-Needed Rest 30 Amiens: "Black Day of the German Army" 31 Wedding Bells in "Blighty" 32 Back to the Front 33 Open Warfare and the Cambrai "Show" 34 Valenciennes and the Pursuit to Mons 35 Into the Rhineland 36 "Blighty" and the Official Record 37 HMT Northland and Canada Epilogue Bibliography
Synopsis
An extraordinary, newly discovered account from an ordinary Canadian on the ground in the crucial battles of the First World War. What was it like to be a field gunner in the Great War? Drawing on the unpublished letters and diary of field gunner Lt. Bert Sargent and his fellow soldiers, Thunder in the Skies takes the reader from enlistment in late 1914, through training camp, to the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, the Hundred Days Offensive, and home again with peace. Posted just behind the front lines, Sargent and field gunners like him spent gruelling months supporting the infantry in the trenches. Theirs was a very different war, as dangerous or more at times as the one on the front lines. As an ordinary Canadian writing letters home to ordinary people, Sargent gives a wrenching, insightful account of a tight-knit band of soldiers swept up in some of the most important battles of the war that shaped the twentieth century. Thunder in the Skies details the daily life of artillerymen fighting in the First World War in a way no other book has before., Lt. Bert Sargent, who fought through the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, and the Hundred Days Offensive, captures what it was like for ordinary Canadians to be caught up in the Great War. Coming from a rank-and-file troop, Sargent's clear-eyed account is a testament to the tenacity and accomplishments of a generation of soldiers.
LC Classification Number
D547.C2
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- o***p (209)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseWell packed, item as described, shipping was fine, arrived right after the long weekend holiday, and the seller offered a great deal while I was considering the purchase. If there are rare good finds like this again, definitely will purchase from again! Thanks a lot!