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Genre/Form: | Personal narratives Personal correspondence Correspondence Personal narratives, Canadian |
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Named Person: | George Timmins; George Timmins |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
George Timmins; Y Aleksandra Bennett |
ISBN: | 9780774816083 0774816082 9780774816090 0774816090 |
OCLC Number: | 554225977 |
Description: | 208 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | "About 35 yds from Fritz": May-December 1916 -- "He was killed by my side": January-June 1917 -- "I'm still fine": July-November 1917 -- "Its hell, kiddo, hell": December 1917-April 1918 -- "Keep on hoping, sweetheart": May-December 1918 -- Epilogue: "Don't forget to write to Grandpa." |
Responsibility: | edited by Y.A. Bennett. |
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Without a doubt, Kiss the kids for dad is a superbly edited volume that offers insight into the multifarious challenges faced by a Canadian soldier at the front, and a Canadian family at home in Ontario. -- Craig Leslie Mantle * Canadian Military Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring 2012 * Read more...
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