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Brooker, Marion, 1932-
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Fargey, James, 1897-1916.
Soldiers -- Canada -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Canada -- Correspondence.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Canadian.
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Brooker, Marion, 1932-
Fargey, James, 1897-1916.
Soldiers -- Canada -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Canada -- Correspondence.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Canadian.
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Hold
the
Oxo
! : a
teenage
soldier
writes
home
/ Marion Fargey Brooker.
by
Brooker, Marion, 1932-
Dundurn Press, c2011.
Call #:
940.48171 F223b
Subjects
Fargey, James, 1897-1916.
Soldiers -- Canada -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Canada -- Correspondence.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Canadian.
Series
Canadians at war (Dundurn Press)
ISBN:
9781554888702 (pbk.)
1554888700 (pbk.)
Description:
141 p. : ill.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-136), Internet addresses and index.
Summary:
Examines the history of the First World War with a particular focus on the letters of Jim Fargey, a
soldier
who served during the First World War in the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders regiment. Jim Fargey was only 17 when he left
home
in Manitoba to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force to fight in Europe. His letters
home
gloss dover the horrors of war. "
Hold
the
Oxo
!" tells the story that lies between the lines of his letters, filling in the historical context and helping us to understand what it was like to be Jim.
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Biographies.
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