A Canadian Nurse in the Great War
The Diaries of Ruth Loggie, 1915-1916
Published on 1. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-77471-012-8 (ISBN)
Description
A fascinating collection of letters from a Maritime nurse who served overseas during the First World War from the author of In Their Own Words and Letters Home. More than two thousand Canadian women served as army nurses overseas during the First World War. The opportunity to read a diary written by one of these women - a document which was, strictly speaking, not supposed to be kept in the first place - is a unique privilege.
A Canadian Nurse in the Great War grants a peek, through the diary of Ruth Loggie, into a little-known moment of our history. It also offers a glimpse into forbidden territory - women at war. Loggie's diary provides a daily commentary on life as she experienced it and as the events of the Great War unfolded. How did she cope? What were her thoughts as she lived through what she knew were world-altering events?
Raw, fresh, unedited, and immediate, A Canadian Nurse in the Great War is a special document, and a welcome companion to Hebb's earlier books.
A Canadian Nurse in the Great War grants a peek, through the diary of Ruth Loggie, into a little-known moment of our history. It also offers a glimpse into forbidden territory - women at war. Loggie's diary provides a daily commentary on life as she experienced it and as the events of the Great War unfolded. How did she cope? What were her thoughts as she lived through what she knew were world-altering events?
Raw, fresh, unedited, and immediate, A Canadian Nurse in the Great War is a special document, and a welcome companion to Hebb's earlier books.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Halifax
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
b&w images
Dimensions
Height: 140 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77471-012-8 (9781774710128)
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Although originally from Nova Scotia's South Shore, Ross Hebb is now a long-term resident of his adopted province of New Brunswick. A graduate of King's College and Dalhousie University, Dr. Hebb received his PhD from the University of Wales, Lampeter in 2002. Along with volumes on Maritime Church history, he has also written about the golden age of shipbuilding at St. Martins on the Bay of Fundy. In 2014 he edited the collection Letters Home: Maritimers and the Great War, 1914-1918, and 2018, In Their Own Words: Three Maritimers Experience the Great War . Dr. Hebb is married and lives in Fredericton, NB.