It Made You Think of Home: The Haunting Journal of Deward Barnes, Cef: 1916-1919

by Bruce Cane

Book Overview

"We took our positions, five kneeling and five standing ... we got the order to fire. One blank and nine live rounds ... I did not have the blank."

That is the voice of Deward Barnes, an unwilling but dutiful member of the firing squad that shot Harold Lodge, one of 25 Canadians executed during the First World War. In this diary we hear something that is otherwise gone forever: the authentic voice of the First World War soldier, Everyman...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550025120
• ISBN13: 9781550025125
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"