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Amongst the patriots who joined the colors were thousands of schoolmasters and trainee teachers

"--Cleveland Plain Dealer

The First World War produced an extraordinary flowering of poetic talent

By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families Museum Collectibles and whose legacies are withDescription By R. H. Thomson Hardcover From one of Canadas most beloved performing artists comes an audacious work of non fiction that explores the stories that shape us and the reach that the past can have across generations. Growing up north of Toronto, R. H. Thomsons imagination was captured by romantic notions of war. He spent his days playing with toy soldiers on the carpet of his grandmothers house, recreating the Battle of Britain with model