The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts
Official Histories
Canadian
Official Histories
Canadian
RCC7824
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 - 1919. Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War
ISBN
9780773546189
Purchase Price
£34.00 (new)
Date Purchased
May 21, 2019
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press (2015, Montreal & Kingston, London, Chicago)
Notes
This is No. 235 in the Carleton Library Series. The book was first published in 1962 by Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, Ottawa. Immediately after the Armistice, Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an Official History of the war, but the ill-fated project ultimately produced only one of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later Nicholson was commissioned to write the Official History. The book is illustrated with numerous photographs and full colour maps. There is a critical Introduction by Mark Osborne Humphries.
9780773546189
Purchase Price
£34.00 (new)
Date Purchased
May 21, 2019
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press (2015, Montreal & Kingston, London, Chicago)
Notes
This is No. 235 in the Carleton Library Series. The book was first published in 1962 by Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, Ottawa. Immediately after the Armistice, Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an Official History of the war, but the ill-fated project ultimately produced only one of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later Nicholson was commissioned to write the Official History. The book is illustrated with numerous photographs and full colour maps. There is a critical Introduction by Mark Osborne Humphries.