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MY GRANDFATHER'S KNIFE: HIDDEN STORIES FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

MY GRANDFATHER'S KNIFE: HIDDEN STORIES FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Hardcover - 2022

by Pearson, Joseph

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first

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Toronto: HarperCollins, 2022. 308 pp, 9 5/16" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "A knife, a diary, a recipe book, a stringed instrument, and a cotton pouch. Each belonged to an individual who was in their twenties during the Second World War: a fresh-faced prairie boy, a melancholic youth, a capable cook, a musician wounded at the front, and a survivor. Joseph Pearson, a Canadian historian and author, talked to elderly family members, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances asking them the same question: Is there an object that tells your wartime story? In many cases, he asked the question in reverse: Could he discover the wartime story of a deceased person through an object they once owned? The journey began with the story of a German knife he inherited from his grandfather and continued with the search for meaning of others' everyday objects from the war. Through rigorous research and in engaging prose, Pearson illuminates the often-dark history of the twentieth century by bringing to life the stories of everyday objects in the hands of everyday people." Book is Near Fine. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at the top of the spine and flap-folds.. Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+.
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  • Title MY GRANDFATHER'S KNIFE: HIDDEN STORIES FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
  • Author Pearson, Joseph
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Publisher HarperCollins, Toronto
  • Date 2022
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 31182
  • ISBN 9781443465922

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