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It is a fact noted by chaplains, medical personnel and battlefield comrades: soldiers who are about to die most frequently call out for their mothers. Ross Hebb reinforces this connection in his book Letters Home, a collection of personal letters written by more than 20 Maritimers during the First World War, mostly to their mothers. These documents have not been published before and were provided largely by descendents, with some from public archives.

Organized chronologically –from joining up to deployment overseas to (for some) returning home– these letters are a gold mine of primary information about the war and the letter-writers’ feelings towards it. The letters have immediacy to them as they speak to us across the years about those momentous events a century ago and run a full gamut of emotions: innocence, concern, love, hope, pride, apprehension, sadness. This is regional and social history during wartime at its best.

Letters Home: Maritimers and the Great War, 1914-1918
Edited by Ross Hebb
$17.95, paperback, 166 pp.
Nimbus Publishing, July 2014

 

 

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Rememberance package

Thank you to all who shared their remembrances with us on Facebook. It was wonderful to hear your stories of family and Remembrance Day gatherings. Kathleen Yeats McCawley will receive the package of books pictured above.

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Remembrance Day is a time to reflect on the past and think about those who donned a uniform for our country. This year, we’re asking you to share your remembrance with us. Simply visit our Facebook page and tell us who or what you’ll be thinking about on November 11. On November 13 at noon we’ll randomly select one commenter to receive a package of book focusing on the First and Second World Wars.

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We’ll announce the recipient of the books on Facebook the afternoon of November 13, 2014.