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# 88 Winter 2018, Editions, History, Reviews December 6, 2018 December 4, 2018

A Family of War Brothers

by John Boileau

Letters, diaries and post-war memoirs enrich the soldiers’ tale

Features, History, Nonfiction, Web exclusives May 14, 2018 November 11, 2018

Reading Books of War

by Jon Tattrie

War never ends; its impacts haunt the generations and the stories are innumerable, and always worthy of consideration

History, Non-fiction, Reviews, Web exclusives June 27, 2016 June 27, 2016

Revisiting Beaumont Hamel a century later

by John Boileau

“The battle commenced, the various battalions moved to the attack, and the attack crumpled.” In this one sentence, author Nigel Cave succinctly encapsulates July 1, 1916.

History, Reviews March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016

Hector MacLean lived a literate life designed for posterity

by Marjorie Simmins

Anyone will enjoy the care and integrity that went into the creation of Hector MacLean: The Writings of a Loyalist-Era Military Settler in Nova Scotia.

Excerpts, History, Web exclusives November 22, 2015 November 19, 2015

The CITADEL on Stage: British Military Theatre, Sports & Recreation in Colonial Halifax

by Alex D. Boutilier

The CITADEL on Stage
British Military Theatre, Sports & Recreation in Colonial Halifax
by A.D. Boutilier
$27.50, paperback, 384 pp.
New World Publishing, 2015

History, Reviews, Web exclusives March 25, 2015 June 26, 2015

Reflections on a young life lived with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment

by AJB Johnston

When the Great Red Dawn is Shining: Howard L. Morry’s Memoirs of Life in the Newfoundland Regiment
By Christopher J. A. Morry
$19.95, paperback, 212 pp
Breakwater Books, November 2014

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A Family of War Brothers

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Hector MacLean lived a literate life designed for posterity

The CITADEL on Stage: British Military Theatre, Sports & Recreation in Colonial Halifax

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