One Family's War: The Wartime Letters of Clarence Bourassa, 1940-1944 Tapa blanda - 2014

University of Regina Press. Used - Very Good.

Canadian Plains Research Center, 2014. Paperback. New. new edition. 603 pages. 8.00x5.50x1.50 inches.

University of Regina Press, 2014. Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 604 Pages Illus..

Regina, SK, Canada: University of Regina Press, 2014. 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii, 597pp. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo. A collection of wartime letters written by Clarence Bourassa to his wife Hazel Bourassa with an introduction by Will Chabun. New edition. One Family's War is a deeply moving true story brought to life through bundles of powerfully personal letters sent home from the front between 1940-44, which for half a century had lain quietly undisturbed, buried under years of accumulated clutter.

Paperback. New. For half a century a box had lain undisturbed, buried under years of accumulated clutter in the back room of a house. The contents of the box: stacks of letters, neatly bundled in chronological order, four years' worth. The letter writer was Clarence Bourassa who had enlisted with the South Saskatchewan Regiment in March 1940. Clarence's son, Rollie, had never known of the letters' existence. His mother, to whom the letters were written, had never spoken of them. Then, in 1995, Rollie discovered the letters and he came to know the father who had never returned from war. The correspondence reveals the fear, hunger, fatigue, and loneliness of Clarence's wartime experience. His firsthand account of his participation in the disastrous Dieppe Raid makes the book a valuable historical document and a major contribution to Canada's military history. This New Edition features a postscript recounting the Bourassa family's 2012 trip to Europe, retracing Clarence's… Leer más

University of Regina , pp. 604 . Papeback. New.