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Where Poppies Blow

2016-11-03 History
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Release : 2016-11-03
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 272/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Where Poppies Blow by : John Lewis-Stempel

Download or read book Where Poppies Blow written by John Lewis-Stempel. This book was released on 2016-11-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War 'If it weren't for the birds, what a hell it would be.' During the Great War, soldiers lived inside the ground, closer to nature than many humans had lived for centuries. Animals provided comfort and interest to fill the blank hours in the trenches - bird-watching, for instance, was probably the single most popular hobby among officers. Soldiers went fishing in flooded shell holes, shot hares in no-man's land for the pot, and planted gardens in their trenches and billets. Nature was also sometimes a curse - rats, spiders and lice abounded, and disease could be biblical. But above all, nature healed, and, despite the bullets and blood, it inspired men to endure. Where Poppies Blow is the unique story of how nature gave the British soldiers of the Great War a reason to fight, and the will to go on.

Where the Poppies Now Grow

2014 Children's stories
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Release : 2014
Genre : Children's stories
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Book Rating : 585/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Where the Poppies Now Grow by : Hilary Robinson

Download or read book Where the Poppies Now Grow written by Hilary Robinson. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The carefree childhood for Ben and his best friend Ray becomes a distant memory when they join the army to serve their country. But, in the midst of battle can their friendship survive?

Poppy Field

2018-10-04 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2018-10-04
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 801/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Poppy Field by : Michael Morpurgo

Download or read book Poppy Field written by Michael Morpurgo. This book was released on 2018-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new wartime classic from two legends of children's literature! Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman have teamed up with the British Legion to tell a new story inspired by the history of the poppy. When John McCrae wrote his famous poem "In Flanders Field" among the trenches of war-torn Belgium, neither he nor a local village girl who saves a discarded draft of it could know what enormous power that poem would have on generations to come.

In Flanders Fields

1997-09-01 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 1997-09-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 251/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis In Flanders Fields by : Linda Granfield

Download or read book In Flanders Fields written by Linda Granfield. This book was released on 1997-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of John McCrae's World War I poem interweaves the poet's words with information about the war, details of daily life in the trenches, accounts of McCrae's experience in his field hospital, and the circumstances that contributed to the poem's creation. Simultaneous.

The Poppy Lady

2020-09-08 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2020-09-08
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 367/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Poppy Lady by : Barbara E. Walsh

Download or read book The Poppy Lady written by Barbara E. Walsh. This book was released on 2020-09-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the inspiring story behind the Veterans Day red poppy, a symbol that honors the service and sacrifices of our veterans. When American soldiers entered World War I, Moina Belle Michael, a schoolteacher from Georgia, knew she had to act. Some of the soldiers were her students and friends. Almost single-handedly, Moina worked to establish the red poppy as the symbol to honor and remember soldiers. And she devoted the rest of her life to making sure the symbol would last forever. Thanks to her hard work, that symbol remains strong today. Author Barbara Elizabeth Walsh and artist Layne Johnson worked with experts, primary documents, and Moina's great-nieces to better understand Moina's determination to honor the war veterans. A portion of the book's proceeds will support the National Military Family Association's Operation Purple®, which benefits children of the US Military.

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