Over the Canadian Battlefields: Notes of a Journey in France in 1919 John W. Dafoe ~ post World War I travel ~ Canadian Expeditionary Force

Title: Over the Canadian Battlefields: Notes of a Little Journey in France, in March, 1919

Author: John W. [Wesley] Dafoe

Description: Maroon boards stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. A few instances of light finger smudging; one leaf has a closed tear. Pages bright; interior unmarked. Frontispiece illustration. Dust jacket edge chipped and has light general soiling; in an archival mylar sleeve. 89 pages.

As a Canadian Press representative at the Paris Peace Conference, John Dafoe was able to tour many of the battlefields in France where the Canadians had fought. In Over the Canadian Battlefields he provides his observations of the conditions left by the war, discusses and reflects on the actions and experience of the Canadian corps, and considers the developing memorialization and the pilgrimages that would be coming.

John Wesley Dafoe (1866-1944) was a well-respected Canadian journalist, author, and the editor of the Manitoba Free Press (Winnipeg) for four decades.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good

Publisher: Thomas Allen
Place: Toronto
Year: 1919

Keywords: World War I, WWI, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Vimy, Lens, Arras, Amiens,