{"product_id":"alice-and-the-machine-gunner-paperback","title":"Alice and the Machine Gunner - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid J. Forsyth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades David J. Forsyth has researched his ancestors' stories, assembling an enormous cache of records and anecdotes. Although history is filled with the tales of the great and the powerful, much less is known about the lives of ordinary people. Forsyth's goal in his research and in the writing of \u003cem\u003eAlice and the Machine Gunner\u003c\/em\u003e is to address that gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlice and the Machine Gunner\u003c\/em\u003e is a conscientious blend of fact and fiction, a multigenerational account of the Geherty family based on information gleaned from civil, parish, military and personal records, as well as the reminiscences of the late Alice Geherty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author begins with Peter Geherty, a 19th-century Irish linen weaver, and concludes with the life story of his great-granddaughter Alice, a London-born war bride. In 1919, she emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario, with little hope of ever seeing her parents again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engrossing work of creative nonfiction brings to life generations of people now departed, as well as providing a vivid portrait of the city of Hamilton, Ontario in the first half of the 209th century. In the process, it opens the door to a deeper understanding of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778835120416,"sku":"9781772442434","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/30b5e18b5710dd748bfa19d484699607.webp?v=1780508596","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/alice-and-the-machine-gunner-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}