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Laddar... Into the Blizzard: Walking the Fields of the Newfoundland Deadav Michael Winter
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In Michael Winter's words- "So much has already been said about the Newfoundland Regiment and I don't want to rehash the existing record. Instead, the story here is the author following the trail of the regiment, visiting the places in England and Scotland where they trained, and then Gallipoli and France and Belgium where they fought, and finally Newfoundland where the survivors returned. At the centre of the story is July 1, 1916 and the battle at Beaumont Hamel, and at the heart of that is a man, Tommy Ricketts, who was the youngest-ever winner of the Victoria Cross in the British army, and who is a Newfoundlander." The evocative title, Into the Blizzard, is a quote from one of the witnesses to the sight of the young men walking into the storm of firepower at the Somme. It also evokes experiences that are part of living in Newfoundland then and now--being out on the ice or in the outports, where blinding snowstorms can arise quickly and without warning--experiences that Michael describes as he searches for the stories of the lost young men.The subtitle, "Walking the Fields of the Newfoundland Dead," references how Michael has followed the lives--literally walking the fields they once walked--of a handful of the men from the legendary regiment, both in Europe and back home. The juxtaposition of "blizzard" with the more contemplative "walking the fields" and then the utter stillness of "the dead" hints at the tone of this extraordinary, unusual and moving book, and at the depth and poignancy of Michael Winter's take on this piece of history that, he reminds us, continues to haunt our own brief lives. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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I wanted to read the book to gain more knowledge, but I ended up really enjoying the book and getting into it.
The book follows the journey of the author through Newfoundland and past battlefields and grave sites of soldiers. The chapters in this book were short and sweet, but the nicest little gem was how much information and facts that were within the small chapters. Each chapter involved a small journey or task completed by the author, but little facts either about the author's childhood or the wars were included. These facts, despite being anywhere from one sentence to only a few paragraphs in length, gave an amazing and gigantic insight to how the War was fought and dealt with by soldiers.
The only downfall I saw to this book was how simple some of the language was. The read was smooth and quick, and I didn't find myself getting bored with the facts and plot laid out in the story. Overall, this book was incredibly well written and a gem I would definitely read again or suggest to anyone who is interested in history, wars, or specifically Canadian history.
I believe this book would help many high school students studying history understand it a bit more (considering the fact that this book would have helped me a lot when I sat bored in history class).
Amazing book! Four out of five stars!
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. ( )