Wartime: The First World War in a Canadian Town Patches The infinite demands for men

The infinite demands for men and matériel reached into countries far from the front

The riveting true story of America's first modern military battle

but when the British government calls for 10

The negotiating of ideas about gender by women and men across vast reaches of the globe characterizes this modern

Wartime: The First World War in a Canadian Town Patches The infinite demands for menDescription by Edward Butts Hardcover The First World War was the cause of dramatic changes in every Canadian community. What it meant to daily life becomes clear in this book about the war years in Guelph, Ontario. The first months were the easiest, as young men rushed to enlist. Once news of casualties and deaths started arriving, the atmosphere changed drastically. Mothers dreaded the arrival of the telegraph boy. Newspapers published fulsome