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It Made You Think of Home : The Haunting Journal of Deward Barnes, CEF: 1916-1919 by Bruce Cane and George Frederick Barnes (2004, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDundurn Press
ISBN-101550025120
ISBN-139781550025125
eBay Product ID (ePID)44000608

Product Key Features

Book TitleIt Made You Think of Home : the Haunting Journal of Deward Barnes, Cef: 1916-1919
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / World War I, Penology, Military / Canada, Military
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorBruce Cane, George Frederick Barnes
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in
Item Weight22.6 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in

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ReviewsCane has produced a very interesting account of one man's war...an excellent additon to Canadian first-hand accounts of the Great War., "The book has the potential to rival The Journal of Private Fraser as the most quoted of diaries by veterans of the CEF ... The reader is left with a profound admiration for someone who endured the eighteen months without breaking down." -- Gordon MacKinnon -- The Journal of the Western Front Association, April 2006, Cane has produced a very interesting account of one man's waran excellent additon to Canadian first-hand accounts of the Great War., The diary entries are annotated and expanded on by military historian Bruce Cane, whose research is thoroughly impressive. He shows great sensitivity in not pretending to omniscience, and achieves a sympathetic but thoroughly scholarly tone in his explication of the often terse diary entries., "The reader is left with a profound admiration for someone who endured the eighteen months without breaking down." -- Gordon MacKinnon in Stand To!: The Journal of the Western Front Association, Number 76, April 2006., In-depth analysis of the nuances and exact wording that Barnes usedmakes this book a fascinating study of the physical and psychological impact of war., Taking a non-traditional approach to this subject, Cane introduces the reader to Deward Barnes (1888-1967), a native of Toronto who volunteered for military service with the CEF on 26 February 1916... ...Cane is to be commended for his unique presentation of Barnes's diary. Rather than simply introduce a self-contained daily memoir with no explanation, he has included annotative text where appropriate to support the entries, making the entire reading a richer and more detailed experience, especially for those readers unfamiliar with the period., …In-depth analysis of the nuances and exact wording that Barnes used…makes this book a fascinating study of the physical and psychological impact of war., The book has the potential to rival The Journal of Private Fraser as the most quoted of diaries by veterans of the CEF ... The reader is left with a profound admiration for someone who endured the eighteen months without breaking down.
Table Of ContentThe Leiderkranz Club to Camp Borden, 26 February to 1 July 1916; Overseas, 2 July 1916 to 6 April 1917; To the Front Lines, 7 April to 6 May 1917; Baptism of Fire. 7 May to 14 August 1917; Hill 70 to Passchendaele, 15 August to 5 November 1917; Execution, 6 November 1917 to 30 March 1918; Operation Michael and the Spring Offensive, 31 March to 13 June 1918; Preparing for Open Warfare, 14 June to 7 August 1918; Amiens and Arras, 8 August to 23 August 1918; On Leave, 24 August to 8 October 1918; The Armistice, 9 October 1918 to 10 February 1919.
SynopsisIn this diary we hear something that is otherwise gone forever: the authentic voice of the First World War soldier, Everyman in khaki. Fully annotated to enhance the nuance of each entry, Barnes' diary takes us into the trenches and the firing lines of the Western Front like no other first-hand Canadian account of that war can., "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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