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Sunflower University Press [Published date: 2000]. Soft cover, 336 p. No other printings listed. Inscribed (personalized) and signed by Author opposite title page.
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In very good condition. Glossy illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight (NO spine crease). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. Includes sources, Glossary, Chronology; Index. [From back cover] MORE BOOKS AND ARTICLES have been written on World War I than on any other historical topic - over 5,000 on the causes of that conflict alone. Author Joyce Kennedy hears in advance the inevitable question: Do we really need another? We do! . . . Because Canada's contributions to the First World War have been neglected for over 80 years. Joyce Kennedy's father, Robert James Kennedy, served with the 2nd Battery, 1st Artillery Brigade, in the Great War and fought in all of the major operations of the Canadian Expeditionary Force until he was wounded in August 1917 from a direct hit on his gun pit. He was present at St. Julien, during the first gas attack in 1915, and mentioned in dispatches "For gallant and distinguished service in the field" in April 1917, during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. In October 1917, Kennedy was returned to Canada as a result of his wounds. Robert Kennedy's diaries, kept in the midst of battle, and his letters home were the inspiration for Distant Thunder. The work is rich in documentation from scholars and from official sources. "Dr. Joyce Kennedy's Distant Thunder relates in graphic, meticulously researched detail the vital contribution of Canada to the success of the Allies in World War I ...Kennedy tells of the sheer horror and terror of trench warfare, with incredible suffering of men and horses. . . She describes in very human terms the experiences of the common soldier, including the wounding of her own father."