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When the Great Red Dawn Is Shining

by (author) Christopher J.A. Morry

Publisher
Breakwater Books Ltd.
Initial publish date
Nov 2014
Category
Canada, Post-Confederation (1867-)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781550815641
    Publish Date
    Nov 2014
    List Price
    $17.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550815634
    Publish Date
    Nov 2014
    List Price
    $19.95

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On their march towards the Somme, and Beaumont Hamel, the young men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment raised their voices to sing “When the Great Red Dawn is Shining,” a song about returning home to the people they love. Howard Morry was one of the young men who managed to make it back. And now, one hundred years after the events that changed his life, we hear Morry’s voice, in these pages, rising from the silence to recount his days with the famed Regiment.

In memoirs expertly selected and contextualized by Christopher Morry, When the Great Red Dawn Is Shining offers a rare first-hand account of life on the front lines as told by a soldier preserving his memories for generations to come.

About the author

CHRISTOPHER J.A. MORRY is Howard Morry’s grandson. He worked for almost forty years as a marine and freshwater biologist for the Canadian government, the IUCN – TheWorld Conservation Union, and in the private sector. He has spent twenty years studying his family history. This is his first book on the subject. He currently lives in Ottawa.

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