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Occupied St John's
Steven High
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Description for Occupied St John's
Paperback. The stories and memories of those who lived through the Second World War in Newfoundland. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5487 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1225.
In January 1941, the hulking twenty-one-thousand ton troopship Edmund B. Alexander docked in St John's Harbour, carrying a thousand American soldiers sent to join the thousands of Canadian troops protecting Newfoundland against attack by Germany. France had fallen, Great Britain was fighting for its survival, and Newfoundland - then a dominion of Britain - was North America's first line of defence. Although the German invasion never came, St John's found itself occupied by both Allied Canadian and American forces. Occupied St John's reveals the profound impact that the war years had on the city's inhabitants, thrown into a conflict ... Read more
In January 1941, the hulking twenty-one-thousand ton troopship Edmund B. Alexander docked in St John's Harbour, carrying a thousand American soldiers sent to join the thousands of Canadian troops protecting Newfoundland against attack by Germany. France had fallen, Great Britain was fighting for its survival, and Newfoundland - then a dominion of Britain - was North America's first line of defence. Although the German invasion never came, St John's found itself occupied by both Allied Canadian and American forces. Occupied St John's reveals the profound impact that the war years had on the city's inhabitants, thrown into a conflict ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773548176
SKU
V9780773548176
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About Steven High
Steven High is Canada Research Chair in Public History and co-director of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University.
Reviews for Occupied St John's
"This is an impressive work - and a gorgeous one. From its striking cover to its abundance of illustrations, it is crisply designed and visually engaging. From its categorical table of contents to its calibrated notes and footnotes it is a trove of information." - Newfoundland Quarterly "Occupied St. John' s demonstrates that previous arguments about the separation of the ... Read more