Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting The Great War 1917-1918 Volume Two
by Cook, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670067350
- ISBN 13
- 9780670067350
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Viking Canada. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670067350 . DJ has short tear top edge of spine area, boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 727 pages; "Shock Troops follows the Canadian fighting forces during the titanic battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, and the Hundred Days campaign. Through the eyes of the soldiers who fought and died in the trenches on the Western Front, and based on newly uncovered Canadian, British, and German archival sources, Cook builds on Volume I of his national bestseller, At the Sharp End. The Canadian fighting forces never lost a battle during the final 2 years of the war, and although they paid a terrible price in the killing fields of the Great War, they were indeed, as British Prime Minister David Lloyd George exclaimed, the shock troops of the Empire." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21460
- Title
- Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting The Great War 1917-1918 Volume Two
- Author
- Cook, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670067350
- ISBN 13
- 9780670067350
- Publisher
- Viking Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- 0670067350, Canada, Vimy Ridge, passchendaele, WWI
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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