Full Product Details
Author: Bryan Elson
Publisher: Formac Publishing,Canada
Imprint: Formac Publishing,Canada
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 20.90cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9780887809132
ISBN 10: 0887809138
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 January 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
. ..includes a surprising wealth of information and is well illustrated...serves as an excellent primer for World War I naval warfare. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for accessible reading on Canadian naval history or WWI naval operations in general. -- Duncan Rice served briefly as a reservist with the Royal Westminster Regiment. His primary interest is Canadian military history.--Duncan Rice ArmchairGeneral.com (02/16/2011)
.. .includes a surprising wealth of information and is well illustrated...serves as an excellent primer for World War I naval warfare. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for accessible reading on Canadian naval history or WWI naval operations in general. -- Duncan Rice served briefly as a reservist with the Royal Westminster Regiment. His primary interest is Canadian military history.--Duncan Rice Armchairgeneral.com (02/16/2011) .. .the author does two things extremely well. He describes the political background in Canada and Britain which accompanied the founding of the Royal Naval College of Canada in 1910 ... The second of Mr. Elson's achievements is his detailed description of how World War One began, and especially the events leading up to and during the battle of Coronel in which the midshipmen died. --Alison Cran The Guardian (PEI) Elson's account of the complex larger events that brought British and German squadrons to Coronel is wide ranging for a small book but, with the benefit of his own take, very engaging and accessible....The reviewer particularly appreciated the author's capacity to engage the human element as much as possible and it gives his subjects life and flesh...This small book is a welcome and unique contribution to Canadian naval history and will be widely appreciated by the international devotee as well. -- (04/01/2011) First to Die is an evocative read. This is no dry analytical tome; it is a well-told story which prompts an appreciation of the contribution of the individual to the course of naval history. -- (04/30/2011)
Author Information
BRYAN ELSON is the author of Nelsons Yankee Captain and First To Die. He is a former officer of the Royal Canadian Navy and the vice-chair of the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He lives in Halifax.
