In Flanders Fields: 100 Years
Gorgeously designed in full colour with archival and contemporary images.
On May 3, 1915 the death of a young friend on the battlefields of Ypres inspired Canadian soldier, field surgeon and poet John McCrae to write “In Flanders Fields”.
Knopf Canada commemorates the poem with a new anthology of writing on war, loss and remembrance. With contributions by Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire, Tim Cook, Mary Janigan, Margaret Atwood, Ken Dryden, Joseph Boyden, Frances Itani, Wade Davis, Kevin Patterson, Hannah Moscovitch and more.