Ross Hebb – lisa疯马秀 Publishing and Vagrant Press lisa疯马秀 Publishing is the largest English-language publisher east of Toronto Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153484567 A Canadian Chaplain in the Great War /store/a-canadian-chaplain-in-the-great-war.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-canadian-chaplain-in-the-great-war Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:22:18 +0000 /store/a-canadian-chaplain-in-the-great-war An annotated edition of the 1923 war memoir of a young Catholic priest in France from the author of A Canadian Nurse in the Great War. Benedict Joseph Murdoch’s The […]

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]]> 94731 A Canadian Nurse in the Great War /store/a-canadian-nurse-in-the-great-war.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-canadian-nurse-in-the-great-war Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:02:40 +0000 /store/a-canadian-nurse-in-the-great-war A fascinating collection of letters from a Maritime nurse who served overseas during the First World War from the author of In Their Own Words and Letters Home. More than […]

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]]> 87643 In Their Own Words /store/in-their-own-words.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-their-own-words Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:51:58 +0000 http://nimbus.ca/store/in-their-own-words What was the First World War really like for Maritimers overseas? This epistolary book, edited by historian Ross Hebb, contains the letters home of three Maritimers with distinct wartime experiences: a front-line soldier from Nova Scotia, a nurse from New Brunswick, and a conscripted fisherman from Prince Edward Island. Up until now, these complete sets of handwritten letters have remained with the families, who agreed to share them in time for the one-hundredth anniversary of the Great War's end in 2018. These letters not only give insight into the war, but provide greater understanding of life in rural Maritime communities in the early 1900s.

In Their Own Words includes a learned introduction and background information on letter writers Eugene A. Poole, Sister Pauline Balloch, and Herry Heckbert, enabling readers to appreciate the context of these letters and their importance.

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]]> 78941 Letters Home /store/letters-home.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letters-home Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:44:51 +0000 /store/letters-home.html/letters-home With personal letters gathered from public archives and the relatives of those who fought in the First World War, historian Ross Hebb tells the story of Canadian soldiers, from recruitment to deployment to return, in their own words. Letters Home is a collection of the correspondences of 20 people shipped overseas from across the Maritimes, asking about their homes and farms, wondering at the girls in Britain, and leaving keepsakes and life advice for their children.

Organized chronologically, the letters describe crossing the Atlantic, training in England, the confusion and anticipation leading up to combat, and for some, the journey home. Includes 20 photographs of the letter writers, their families, postcards, and memorials.

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]]> 56021 In Their Own Words /store/in-their-own-words.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-their-own-words-2 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:54:11 +0000 /store/in-their-own-words-2 What was the First World War really like for Maritimers overseas? This epistolary book, edited by historian Ross Hebb, contains the letters home of three Maritimers with distinct wartime experiences: a front-line soldier from Nova Scotia, a nurse from New Brunswick, and a conscripted fisherman from Prince Edward Island. Up until now, these complete sets of handwritten letters have remained with the families, who agreed to share them in time for the one-hundredth anniversary of the Great War's end in 2018. These letters not only give insight into the war, but provide greater understanding of life in rural Maritime communities in the early 1900s.

In Their Own Words includes a learned introduction and background information on letter writers Eugene A. Poole, Sister Pauline Balloch, and Herry Heckbert, enabling readers to appreciate the context of these letters and their importance.

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