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]

ISBN10: 0969716206, ISBN13: 9780969716204, [publisher: Plug Street Books, Calgary] Hardcover First Edition First edition hardcover in dust jacket. Inscribed by Mr. Bagley on the front endpaper. 260 pp. Maps, illustrations, references, bibliograpy, index. Crease to bottom corner of one page. Jacket has some minor edge creasing. Near Fine/Near Fine.
[Calgary, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 1993]
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