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Black, Dan, 1957-
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Chinese Labour Corps.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Chinese.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Canadian.
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Black, Dan, 1957-
Chinese Labour Corps.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Chinese.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Canadian.
MARC Display
Harry Livingstones's forgotten men :
Canadians
and the
Chinese
Labour
Corps
in the
First
World
War
/ Dan Black.
by
Black, Dan, 1957-
James Lorimer & Company Ltd. ; c2019.
Call #:
940.371 B627h
Subjects
Chinese
Labour
Corps
.
World
War
, 1914-1918 -- Participation,
Chinese
.
World
War
, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Canadian.
ISBN:
9781459414327 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Canadians
and the
Chinese
Labour
Corps
in the
First
World
War
Description:
503 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"HARRY LIVINGSTONE was a small town doctor from Listowel, Ontario when he felt the pull of patriotism that led him to volunteer in the
First
World
War
. In 1917, Livingstone found himself embarking on a strange journey that took him to China, where he would inspect, and ultimately travel back to Canada with, men who became known as the
Chinese
Labour
Corps
. Once in Canada, the
Chinese
under Livingstone's care travelled across Canada in secret trains bound for Halifax. All news about the trains and the men was censored. On board crowded ships, the men crossed the U-boat-infested Atlantic. They were then put to work to keep the
war
machine in motion -- digging trenches, hauling supplies, repairing military vehicles, and the grisly job of cleaning up the battlefields. About 300,000
Chinese
labourers were recruited by the British, French, and Russian allies during the
First
World
War
. Roughly 84,000 of them passed through Canada on their way to France. Livingstone and other officers kept diaries and journals, and wrote letters home telling of their experiences with the
Chinese
. From these first-person accounts as well as historical records and from rare letters written by
Chinese
labourers themselves, author Dan Black offers for the
first
time a full account of
Canadians
and the
Chinese
Labour
Corps
-- a story that had mostly been unknown until now."--Back cover.
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