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A CROWN OF LIFE:  THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.

A CROWN OF LIFE: THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.

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A CROWN OF LIFE: THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.

by Graves, Dianne. (John McCrae.)

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Fine/Very Good+
ISBN 10
1550680919
ISBN 13
9781550680911
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St Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell, 1997. 300 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w maps, drawings, photographs. "Born in Canada, (John) McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, whilst serving in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that he wrote his famous poem (In Flanders Fields). Set against a background of nearly half a century of history, (the author) brings alive in fascinating detail John McCrae and his world; some of the people he knew and met - amongst them Rudyard Kipling, Leo Amery, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Stephen Leacock; the threads that linked their lives; and the story of four people who, after the war, were instrumental in the events that led to poppies being manufactured and sold to raise funds." Book is in Fine condition. Dust jacket has minor rubbing on rear panel, minor wrinkling at the top of the flap-folds... Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+.

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Bookseller
Capricorn Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
31171
Title
A CROWN OF LIFE: THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.
Author
Graves, Dianne. (John McCrae.)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
1550680919
ISBN 13
9781550680911
Publisher
Vanwell
Place of Publication
St Catharines, Ontario
Date Published
1997
Keywords
John McCrae, In Flanders Fields, World War I, Medical officers, Canadian, Great War, Second Battle of Ypres, Poppy, Remembrance, Artillery, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Canadian Army, Physicians, John George Adami, Cyril Allinson, Leopold S. Amery, Bonfire, Edwa
Bookseller catalogs
Military - First World War; Literary Biography; Military - Poetry & Plays; Canada - Biography;

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