Her Darling Boy: A Tale of Vimy Ridge by Tom Goodman PAPERBACK 9781927855478

Her Darling Boy: A Tale of Vimy Ridge\nby Tom Goodman\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Tom Goodman\nTitle: Her Darling Boy: A Tale of Vimy Ridge\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: First World War\nPublisher: Great Plains Publications Ltd\nPublication year: 2016\nISBN-13: 9781927855478\nISBN-10: 1927855470\nRRP: \u00A322.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe battle for Vimy Ridge one hundred years ago has been characterized as a defining moment in Canadian history. The idea of thousands of Canadian young men dying together in the mud and tangled wire of northern France was, and still is, considered by many as nation-building.Tom Goodman generally accepted this view until he discovered a rich trove of letters between his grandmother and Archie Polson, the uncle he has never me.