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001 2015376507
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100 1 $aScott, Frederick George,$d1861-1944,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Great War as I saw it /$cFrederick George Scott ; introduction by Mark G. McGowan.
264 1 $aMontreal & Kingston :$bMcGill-Queen's University Press,$c2014.
300 $axliii, 327 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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490 1 $aCarleton library series ;$v230
500 $aOriginally published in 1922; reprinted in 1934.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"A fifty-three-year-old Anglican priest and poet when the First World War broke out, Frederick George Scott was an improbable volunteer, but also an invaluable war memoirist about life at the front. Enlisting at the very beginning of the conflict and serving on the Western Front until the Armistice, Scott became the most decorated Canadian chaplain. A High Anglican and staunch British imperialist described by one of his fellow officers as "an old snob of the old school," Scott also defied stereotypes, often rejecting the privileges he was entitled to as an officer and insisting on being at the frontlines with the rank-and-file soldiers, with whom he felt genuine kinship. As a result, he was seriously wounded in the autumn of 1918, near the end of the war. The Great War as I Saw It is an idiosyncratic portrait by a man of strong religious convictions witnessing the horror of modern warfare. In evocative prose shaped by his background as a poet, Scott moves between lighthearted moments and dark tragedy, including his wrenching account of searching for his own son's body in a ruined battlefield. Rich in detail, it is one of the most diverse and complete first-hand accounts of the war ever published."--Back cover.
530 $aIssued also in electronic format.
600 10 $aScott, Frederick George,$d1861-1944.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xChaplains$zCanada.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$vPersonal narratives, Canadian.
610 10 $aCanada.$bCanadian Army.$bCanadian Infantry Division, 1st$xChaplains$vBiography.
650 0 $aMilitary chaplains$zCanada$vBiography.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zWestern Front.
700 1 $aMcGowan, Mark George,$d1959-$ewriter of introduction.
776 1 $aScott, Frederick George, 1861-1944, author.$tGreat War as I saw it.$kCarleton library series$kCarleton library series ;$w(CaOONL)20149049307
830 0 $aCarleton library series ;$v230.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1511/2015376507-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1511/2015376507-d.html