{"product_id":"thunder-in-the-skies-a-canadian-gunner-in-the-great-war-paperback","title":"Thunder in the Skies: A Canadian Gunner in the Great War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek Grout\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eErnest Brig-Gen (Ret'd ). Beno\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary, newly discovered account from an ordinary Canadian on the ground in the crucial battles of the First World War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat was it like to be a field gunner in the Great War? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on the unpublished letters and diary of field gunner Lt. Bert Sargent and his fellow soldiers, \u003ci\u003eThunder in the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader from enlistment in late 1914, through training camp, to the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, the Hundred Days Offensive, and home again with peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePosted just behind the front lines, Sargent and field gunners like him spent gruelling months supporting the infantry in the trenches. Theirs was a very different war, as dangerous or more at times as the one on the front lines. As an ordinary Canadian writing letters home to ordinary people, Sargent gives a wrenching, insightful account of a tight-knit band of soldiers swept up in some of the most important battles of the war that shaped the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThunder in the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e details the daily life of artillerymen fighting in the First World War in a way no other book has before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerek Grout is a historian who has written extensively on shipwrecks and scuba diving in Canada and the United States. His book, \u003ci\u003eRMS Empress of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e, was praised on both sides of the Atlantic. He lives in Pointe Claire, Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51890809798944,"sku":"9781459730939","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ER5jXSbDVf9781459730939.webp?v=1781953266","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/thunder-in-the-skies-a-canadian-gunner-in-the-great-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}