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A Soldier's Place

The War Stories of Will R. Bird

Thomas Hodd Will R. Bird

9781771086301
240 pages
Nimbus Publishing
Overview

For two decades following the First World War, Nova Scotia-born Will R. Bird published war stories in magazines and periodicals, which have gone out of print and were never digitized, and the stories had long fallen into obscurity—until now.

Carefully curated by author and editor Thomas Hodd, A Soldier's Place is an anthology of fifteen of Bird's best combat stories, based on the experiences of himself and of others, covering all aspects of the war effort and following brave Canadian, American, and Australian soldiers.

An infantry soldier, Will R. Bird miraculously survived the First World War and became one of the most prolific Canadian authors on the subject, completing both fiction and non-fiction works.

Author Bio
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
His Deputy
The Creeping Phantom
Wire Overhead
Ghost Bayonets
The Three Dead Germans
Priscilla's Private
Sunshine
Sunrise for Peter
White Collars: A Tale of the "Princess Pats"
Eyes! Eyes! Eyes!
The Laughing Jackass: A Tale of the RAF
The Russian Coat
The Finer Instincts
If You Were Me
A Soldier's Place

Acknowledgments
Glassary
Bibliography