In Flanders Fields and Other Poems - (Voyageur Classics) by John McCrae (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>John McCrae, a doctor and poet who served in Europe during the First World War, composed In Flanders Fields, one of the most enduring literary expressions of the horrors of war. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, <i>In Flanders Fields and Other Poems</i> is being reissued.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"In Flanders Fields," the iconic poem which gives its title to this collection of poems and selected prose, is one of Canada's -- and the world's -- best known poems of the Great War. It was written in 1915 by Canadian John McCrae, an artillery man, poet, and medical doctor, upon the death of a friend and fellow soldier during the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915. <p/> This is a faithful reissue of the Canadian first edition of McCrae's writings, originally issued by his friends in 1919 in his honour and memory. It includes the best of his poetry and selections of his letters from the front lines together with a thoughtful essay of appreciation by his friend and fellow medical officer, Sir Andrew Macphail.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>John McCrae was a medical doctor and poet. He served with the army in the Second Boer War and later in Europe During the First World War. The suffering and death he witnessed in the war became the subject of many of his poems. McCrae died in 1918 and was buried with full military honours.
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