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OverviewFor half a century a box had lain undisturbed, buried under years of accumulated clutter in the back room of a house. The contents of the box: stacks of letters, neatly bundled in chronological order, four years' worth. The letter writer was Clarence Bourassa, a man who had enlisted with the South Saskatchewan Regiment in 1940. Clarence's son, Rollie, had never known of the letters' existence. His mother, to whom the letter were written, had never spoken of them. Then, in 1995, Rollie discovered the letters and he came to know the father who had never returned from war. The correspondence reveals the fear, hunger, fatigue, and loneliness of Clarence's wartime experience. His firsthand account of his participation in the disastrous Dieppe Raid makes the book a valuable historical document and a major contribution to Canada's military history. This new edition features a postscript recounting the Bourassa family's 2012 trip to Europe, retracing Clarence's footsteps from England to the battlefields of France. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rollie Bourassa , Will ChabunPublisher: Cprc Imprint: Cprc Volume: 27 Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 21.30cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9780889772212ISBN 10: 0889772215 Pages: 597 Publication Date: 30 May 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |