J. Brent Wilson author talk
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Nov
J. Brent Wilson talk: A Family of Brothers Nov. 3rd 14:00 - 16:00
Please join us at the L.P. Fisher Public Library where J. Brent Wilson will be discussing his book, A https://www.facebook.com/events/723823037985345/?active_tab=aboutFamily of Brothers.
Event will be co-hosted by Goose Lane
A Family of Brothers tells the story of The 26th Battalion, the only infantry unit from New Brunswick to serve continuously on the Western Front from 1915 until the Armistice in 1918. Using letters, newspaper accounts war diaries, and other official documents, Wilson tells an account of the soldiers at the front and behind the lines, their experiences of war, and the transformation of their lives upon their return to Canada.
Wilson teaches in the history department at the University of New Brunswick and has worked at the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society since 1989. He is the editor of Hurricane Pilot: The Wartime Letters of W.O. Harry Gill, D.F.M., 1940-1943, Vol. 10 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series, and a co-author of Kandahar Tour: The Turning Point in Canada's Afghan Mission.
A Family of Brothers and Hurricane Pilot are available for sale at www.gooselane.com
Nov
J. Brent Wilson talk: A Family of Brothers Nov. 3rd 14:00 - 16:00
Please join us at the L.P. Fisher Public Library where J. Brent Wilson will be discussing his book, A https://www.facebook.com/events/723823037985345/?active_tab=aboutFamily of Brothers.
Event will be co-hosted by Goose Lane
A Family of Brothers tells the story of The 26th Battalion, the only infantry unit from New Brunswick to serve continuously on the Western Front from 1915 until the Armistice in 1918. Using letters, newspaper accounts war diaries, and other official documents, Wilson tells an account of the soldiers at the front and behind the lines, their experiences of war, and the transformation of their lives upon their return to Canada.
Wilson teaches in the history department at the University of New Brunswick and has worked at the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society since 1989. He is the editor of Hurricane Pilot: The Wartime Letters of W.O. Harry Gill, D.F.M., 1940-1943, Vol. 10 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series, and a co-author of Kandahar Tour: The Turning Point in Canada's Afghan Mission.
A Family of Brothers and Hurricane Pilot are available for sale at www.gooselane.com