We Are the Dead
Burnstown ON: General Store Publishing House, 2001.
Paperback. Good+ with no dust jacket. Item #8556
ISBN: 1894263243
Library stamps/marks/labels, spine tape reinforced, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; "Intrigued by the names and initials carved into the cenotaph at the Eastern Ontario town of Carleton Place, Larry Gray has brought back to life the forty-six young men - and one woman - who are commemorated there. Beginning with the onset of hostilities in 1914 and following the progress of the First World War in all areas of service through the Armistice and the flu epidemic of 1918-1919, he uses their words and records as preserved in letters, poetry, newspaper accounts and military files to recreate the horror that marked a generation." ; Ex-Library; 349 pages.
Price: $19.95