In "Canada in War-Paint," Ralph W. Bell presents a vibrant exploration of Canada'Äôs multifaceted identity during times of conflict. Employing a rich, descriptive literary style, Bell intertwines historical narrative with vivid imagery, examining how war shapes and reflects the Canadian landscape and its people. The book delves into significant events, cultural responses, and the often-overlooked role of art as a means of resistance and expression, situating these themes within the broader...

Books about the Military History of Canada begin with warfare between its indigenous tribes. The British defeated the French in Canada, and the Northern Colonies didn't participate in the American Revolution against the United Kingdom. After the War of 1812 Canadian provinces enjoyed a period of relative peace, culminating in the Canadian Confederation in 1867. Canadian forces made a significant contribution on the Western Front in World War 1, and Canadian forces also contributed during W...

The title Canada in War-Paint likely refers to the symbolic use of Indigenous imagery in Canada’s war effort, where "war-paint" is a metaphor for the connection between Canada’s military actions and the historic traditions of its Indigenous populations. Bell delves into how the Canadian government and military leaders sought to recruit Indigenous soldiers and how Indigenous warriors and communities viewed their participation in the war effort. Many Indigenous soldiers served in the militar...

The best Science Fiction stories to come from such authors as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and Poul Anderson. Originally a spinoff from the NBC radio show DIMENSION X, X MINUS ONE continued the tradition of outstanding writing, acting, and direction for three seasons from 1955 to 1958 on NBC radio.X MINUS ONE, VOLUME ONE contains all 31 half-hour episodes from the original radio broadcasts of the 1955 season, digitally remastered and commercial free.

"Murder as a steady occupation has its handicaps… the pay is high, but so are the gallows from which, sooner or later, they hang you."Former real-life private detective William Gargan stars as Barrie Craig, a confidential investigator working out of an office on New York's Madison Avenue. Prowling the dirty, crime-ridden byways of a city in the midst of violent post-war change, he kept a wry sense about the frailties of human life.Ralph Bell co-stars as Lt. Travis Rogers, and Parker Fennel...

Adams served as a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was stationed on the Western Front, primarily in the trenches of the Somme. In this memoir, he documents the daily life of a soldier, focusing on the mundane routines, camaraderie, and the moments of terror faced by men living in the trenches. Through his detailed and often stark writing, Adams captures the contrast between long periods of waiting and sudden bursts of violence that characterized trench warfa...

Alfred Burrages War is War is his sincere and successful attempt to record his experiences as a private soldier in France during the First World War, his reactions to abnormal conditions and his observations.Written in the 1920s he wanted the curious to know what war was really like. Burrage realized that nearly all such memoirs were written by ex-officers who inevitably saw the war from a different view point to Tommy Atkins as he put it, the officers were only with us, not of us, and the...

This classic WWI memoir by a decorated infantryman and historian presents a vivid account of life in the trenches on the Western Front.During World War One, Major Guy Chapman, OBE MC, served in the Royal Fusiliers and was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery. Joining soon after war was declared, Chapman was stationed in France and fought in the Battle of Arras.When Chapman's memoir, A Passionate Prodigality, was first published in 1933 it was...

The First Hundred Thousand tells the story in novel form of an infantry unit of Kitchener's volunteer army from its formation in August 1914 to its recovery after its first great battle - Loos in September 1915. Told by Ian Hay Beith in a style of humour that rings strange to the modern civilian ear, it is perfectly in tune with that mood that British soldiers from Hastings to Basra have relied upon for support when only humour is left to counter the absurdities of military service. It cou...

Even in the midst of the death and destruction of war there are strange and funny occurrences. Occurrences made hilarious and farcical because of the circumstance in which they occur. These hilarious occasions are more often than not recalled with greater ease and much mirth long after the war has ended and everyone has gone home. Their recall is made easier if only because soldiers would prefer not to recall the painful memories that come with the experience of having been in battle....

One of the most powerful descriptions of the scourge of the First World War by a woman who was on the front lines and ultimately gave her life for the cause.Scottish-born English novelist, Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864 – 1916) spent much of her life in the service of others in need. She worked for the Red Cross to aid soldiers and civilians in the Balkans, the Boer War, and WWI. She was a suffragist and worked for the poor.She kept this diary during her service in WWI. Duri...

James Norman Hall (22 April 1887 – 5 July 1951) was an American author best known for the novel Mutiny on the Bounty with co-author Charles Nordhoff. During World War I, Hall had the distinction of serving in the militaries of three Western allies: Great Britain as an infantryman and then flying for France and later the United States. James Hall begins his story of Kitchener and the men who fought with him on the Western Front as follows. "Kitchener's Mob" they were called in the early day...