Where poppies blow: the British soldier, nature, the Great War
(Adult Book)
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Published
London Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (black and white, and colour) 20 cm
Status
City Library - Non-fiction
940.31
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940.31
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Published
London Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.
Format
Adult Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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'Where Poppies Blow' is the story of the British soldiers of the Great War and their relationship with the animals and plants around them. This connection was of profound importance, because it goes a long way to explaining why they fought, and how they found the will to go on. At the most basic level, animals and birds provided interest to fill the blank hours in the trenches and billets - bird-watching, for instance, was probably the single most popular hobby among officers. But perhaps more importantly, the ability of nature to endure, despite the bullets and blood, gave men a psychological, spiritual, even religious, uplift.
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