BARKER VC: WILLIAM BARKER, CANADA'S MOST DECORATED WAR HERO

by Ralph, Wayne

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Doubleday, (Toronto, 1997).. 308 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0385256825 B&w photos. "When William Barker died in an air crash in March 1930, his state funeral was the largest in the history of Toronto. He had been a magnificent airman, a great . war hero and holder of the Victoria Cross, the DSO and Bar, the MC and two Bars, the Croix-de-Guerre, Two Italian Silver Medals for Valour and three Mentions-in-Despatches. Moreover, he had fifty Great War victories in the air to his credit. But h. is life and achievements have been forgotten - or at best overlooked - when compared to the other great Canadian war hero, Billy Bishop. Why?...Meticulously researched and excellently crafted, 'Barker VC' is the definitive biography of Lieutenan. t C olonel William Barker, warts and all, and a fitting testimony to the life and times of a legend." Erased pencilled number mark on free front endpaper. Dust jacket has very minor edge wrinkling. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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