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As British as the king : Lunenburg County during the First World War / Gerald Hallowell.

by Hallowell, Gerald.

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Nimbus Publishing, 2019.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Nova Scotia -- Lunenburg (County).

Nova Scotia -- Lunenburg (County).

9781771087728 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Lunenburg County during the First World War

256 p. : ill, ports. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In August 1914, the long-established Germans of Lunenburg County found themselves facing a dilemma: Canada was at war with Germany. They met suspicions of disloyalty with the claim that their roots were deep in the German states of mid-eighteenth-century central Europe, long before unification. They were, then, as British as King George V himself. As British as the King explores life in Lunenburg County at a time when blackouts were enforced, when there were rumours of spies, and when schooners were sunk offshore by U-boats. Intricately and thoroughly researched, this fascinating historical account brings an exquisite level of detail to the history of the war effort on the home front. Historians and Nova Scotians with Lunenburg roots will appreciate author Gerald Hallowell?s passion for his subject--a passion that echoes that of his previous work, The August Gales, for which he received the 2014 Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing. Features a historical map and 30+ black and white images."--From publisher.

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