ISBN10: 0969716206, ISBN13: 9780969716204, [publisher: Plug Street, Calgary] Hardcover SUBTITLED : ` Calgary's Own - 137th Overseas Battalion. C.E.F. ' When the call to war went out to the British Empire in August of 1914, the total population of Canada was eight million. These 260 pages - with INDEX - show the response by one group of Albertans. Read more about : Canadian Cavalry Brigade, 39 Crutched Friars, Kiltie Band, Brigadier-General E.A. Cruikshank, Aubigny, Salvation Army Canteen, Isolation Camp, 5'th Platoon, Petit Sains, Fray Bentos, and Private Pete Swanson. A handful of b/w maps accompany text. Section of b/w photos at center. Complete list of members of the 137th Battalion begins on page 211. Cond :Boards are black with gilt lettering on spine. End-papers are white. D.J. is rose coloured with black and white lettering. Tom Bagley artwork on d.j. vVolume is tight, bright, clean and crisp on all senses - SAVE - a small scuff at hinge of ffep.Almost giftable military history. Quote (p. 103) : " Zepplin alarm last night ! In about an hour the `All Clear ' was given. Our last day in quarantine ! We packed up in a hurry and marched back to our former quarters. The other Companies had left for the line. We were happy to ._._._. .' Size: Octavo
[Linden, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 1993]