In Flanders Fields and Other Poems - Softcover

McCrae, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438500939 ISBN 13: 9781438500935

Verlag: Book Jungle, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

John Alexander McCrae (1872 - 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I. He is best known for writing the famous war poem In Flanders Fields. In Flanders Fields has been labeled the most popular poem written during World War 1. McCrae wrote this poem in 1915 the day after his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer died. The poppies referred to in the poem grew in abundance in Flanders Field where many war casualties had been buried. Now the poppy is a symbol of remembrance.

Über diesen Titel

Biografía del autor

John McCrae was a medical doctor and poet. He served with the army in the Second Boer War and later in Europe during the First World War. The suffering and death he witnessed in the war became the subject of many of his poems, including "In Flanders Fields," perhaps the most famous Canadian poem ever written. McCrae died in 1918 and was buried with full military honours.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Book Jungle
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1438500939
• ISBN 13: 9781438500935
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 116
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar