Letters Home: The Wartime Correspondence and Diary of John Edwin Gardiner, Rcaf (1919-1942)

by John Edwin Gardiner and David E. Smith

John Edwin Gardiner was the eldest son of James "Jimmy" Gardiner, the most prominent Liberal politician of his day in western Canada. Edwin was called up by the RCAF in November 1940, received his wings in October 1941, and travelled to England in early November 1941. On August 18, 1942, on the eve of the Dieppe Raid, Edwin wrote to his father: "At long last we're going to take part in something big which you will read all about in the papers long...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088977157X
• ISBN13: 9780889771574
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Length: 216 Pages