Mccrae Flanders

VERLEYEN, Herwig; IN FLANDERS FIELDS. HET VERHAAL VAN JOHN McCRAE, ZIJN GEDICHT EN DE KLAPROOS, Koksijde, De Klaproos, 2004
Rond het alom bekende gedicht 'In Flanders Fields' en zijn schrijver John McCrae bouwde de Brugse auteur Herwig Verleyen een ongecompliceerd en helder essay. In het eerste deel belicht hij het levensverhaal van McCrae (1872-1918), van zijn wieg in Guelph (Canada) tot aan zijn graf in Wimereux (Frankrijk). Hij wijdt uit over zijn afkomst, studies, strijd in de Boerenoorlog, artsenloopbaan, enz. Heel wat aandacht gaat naar McCrae's verblijf aan het front. Nauwkeurig beschrijft Verleyen de omstandigheden waarin McCrae het gedicht schreef en hoe het zo beroemd werd. Uiteraard ontbreken de vertalingen niet die bekende Vlaamse dichters van 'In Flanders Fields' maakten. De lezer kan tevens kennismaken met wat in Vlaanderen en in het buitenland aan McCrae en zijn gedicht herinnert. Nieuw boek.

Gebrocheerd onder geillustreerde kartonomslag, 145 x 210mm., 72pp., uitgebreide z/w illustratie.

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Dancocks, Daniel G. Welcome to Flanders Field: The First Canadian Battle of the Great War; Ypres, 1915 - with 16 pages of b & w Plates, Toronto, ON, Canada McClelland & Stewart 1988
ISBN: 0771025483 Near Fine Cover Illustration: "The Second Battle of Ypres, 22 April to 25 May 1915" by Richard Jack

,,Large format soft cover (not large print), 292 pages + 16 pages of b & w plates, tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, ink name on ffep. "In August 1914 young Canadians across the country cheered the news that war had broken out in Europe, and rushed to join the army. High school kids, lawyers, loggers, journalists, miners, farmers, and bank clerks, they all marched off down the country's Main Streets, eager for the glory of war. Many of them - and we encounter many of them in this book - desperately hoped they would be in time "to get in on the fun." This stunning book is about the hell that awaited them in their first battle in France, and about how they dealt with their baptism of fire. The Second Battle of Ypres, 1915, brought the war home to Canada. Because of this Battle - and John McCrae's poem at its conclusion - we wear poppies in November, in remembrance." Contents include: Prologue: "The Most Perfect Military Rifle" / "Some Danmned Foolish Thing" / "Who in the World Are We Going to Fight?" / "A Dark Shadow" / "What Terrible Weather" / "Decent Soap Is Hard to Get" / "The Tricks of the a Trade" / "A Great Day for Canada, Boys" / "The Gates of Hell" / "Their Damned Rifles" / "Every Man for Himself" / "Give Them Hell, Give Them Hell" / " We Can Only Hang On" / "They Were Coming in Masses" / "The Dominion Will Be Justly Proud" / Epilogue: "In Flanders Fields" / Appendix: Order of Battle, First Canadian Division, 22 April 1915 / Notes / Bibliography / index. First Soft Cover Edition Soft Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: CANADA_ARMY YPRES, 2ND BATTLE OF,, ,,Large format soft cover (not large print), tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, ink name on ffep. "In August 1914 young Canadians across the country cheered the news that war had broken out in Europe, and rushed to join the army. High school kids, lawyers, loggers, journalists, miners, farmers, and bank clerks, they all marched off down the country's Main Streets, eager for the glory of war. Many of them - and we encounter many of them in this book - desperately hoped they would be in time "to get in on the fun." This stunning book is about the hell that awaited them in their first battle in France, and about how they dealt with their baptism of fire. The Second Battle of Ypres, 1915, brought the war home to Canada. Because of this Battle - and John McCrae's poem at its conclusion - we wear poppies in November, in remembrance." Contents include: Prologue: "The Most Perfect Military Rifle" / "Some Danmned Foolish Thing" / "Who in the World Are We Going to Fight?" / "A Dark Shadow" / "What Terrible Weather" / "Decent Soap Is Hard to Get" / "The Tricks of the a Trade" / "A Great Day for Canada, Boys" / "The Gates of Hell" / "Their Damned Rifles" / "Every Man for Himself" / "Give Them Hell, Give Them Hell" / " We Can Only Hang On" / "They Were Coming in Masses" / "The Dominion Will Be Justly Proud" / Epilogue: "In Flanders Fields" / Appendix: Order of Battle, First Canadian Division, 22 April 1915 / Notes / Bibliography / index. , Cover Illustration: "The Second Battle of Ypres, 22 April to 25 May 1915" by Richard Jack Military]

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Wilson, Anne Elizabeth ( Editor ): Canadian Treasury Reciter, Toronto The Musson Book Co. 1922
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Pages browning, packing ? tape over spine, check the scan, some lettering on cover, crease front bottom right corner, small drop stain on front, I count atleast 59 stories and poems, many Canadian, such as...Canadian Born by E. Pauline Johnson, The Indian's Philosophy by T.C. Haliburton, Grin by Robert W. Service, In Flanders Fields by Lieut.-Col. John McCrae, The Wreck of the Julie Plante by W.H. Drummond, plus many more. Also a whole lot from the most well known writters of the age, such as...James Whitcomb Riley, Edmund Vance Cooke, Clement C. Moore, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Bil Nye and Mark Twain, just to name a few. 120 clean pages, plus 2 pages of book ads one for "Flint and Feather" by E. Pauline Johnson, with a large picture of her. Inside front cove ad "Tea-Cup Reading" how to tell fortunes by tea-leaves! Back inside cover ad "Crescent Dream Book and Fortune Teller" what your dream meant! Both books could be had for 30 cents each! (back then, not now) First Edition No Jacket Digest Format 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

[SW: Canadiana.Pages browning, packing ? tape over spine, check the scan, some lettering on cover, crease front bottom right corner, small drop stain on front, I count atleast 59 stories and poems, many Canadian, such as...Canadian Born by E. Pauline Johnson, The Indian's Philosophy by T.C. Haliburton, Grin by Robert W. Service, In Flanders Fields by Lieut.-Col. John McCrae, The Wreck of the Julie Plante by W.H. Drummond, plus many more. Also a whole lot from the most well known writters of the age, such as...James Whitcomb Riley, Edmund Vance Cooke, Clement C. Moore, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Bil Nye and Mark Twain, just to name a few. 120 clean pages, plus 2 pages of book ads one for "Flint and Feather" by E. Pauline Johnson, with a large picture of her. Inside front cove ad "Tea-Cup Reading" how to tell fortunes by tea-leaves! Back inside cover ad "Crescent Dream Book and Fortune Teller" what your dream meant! Both books could be had for 30 cents each! (back then, not now)]

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Graves, Dianne. (John McCrae.). A CROWN OF LIFE: THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.. Vanwell, St. Catharines, (1997), Ist edition.,
300 pp, lg.8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w maps, drawings, photos. ISBN 1550680919 "Born in Canada, McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, whilst serving in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that he wrote his famous poem (In Flanders Fields). Set against a background of nearly half a century of history, (the author) brings alive in fascinating detail Joh n McCrae and his world - amongst them Rudyard Kipling, Leo Amery, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Stephen Leacock; the threads that linked their lives; and the story of four people who, after the war, were instrumental in the events that led to poppies being manufactured and sold to raise funds..." Tiny bump at top corner of rear board. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top of rear flap-fold. Very Good+/Very Good+.

[SW: JOHN MCCRAE FLANDERS FIELDS WORLD WAR MEDICAL OFFICERS CANADIAN,]

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