Text Box: Brothers At Vimy Ridge

Text Box: A Novel Based On A True Story

Text Box: By: Colin Hooper

Brothers at Vimy Ridge. Front CoverText Box: Young men, who went to war for an adventure and thought that they would be home by Christmas, Young men, who saw and experienced things that no human should, whose lives would never be the same  again. Young men, whose lives would end abruptly in the cold stinking mud of the battlefields and trenches of the Western Front. Young men, who would return home permanently scarred from the horrors of war.

Text Box: The Battle of Vimy Ridge  Celebrated in Canadian History as the birth of Canada as a Nation.  

Text Box: Brothers At Vimy Ridge Tells the story of two young boys, Eddie and Arthur Farmer, brought up in a Dr Barnardo Orphanage in the East End of London, England.  They immigrate to Canada and are separated on their arrival in Halifax. They continue to grow up in different Provinces of Canada and as Britain and France struggle to conquer the German army in the First World War , both Eddie and Arthur decide to join the fight. The story tells of Eddie’s constant struggle to contact his brother during his military training and how eventually the two brothers are reunited in the trenches just prior to the Battle for Vimy Ridge. Arthur and Eddie advance on the ridge together at the beginning of the battle, but Eddie is wounded by German gunfire, Arthur tends to Eddie’s injuries and continues with the advance only to hear another shot that fatally wounds his brother. The sections in the story referring to the Battle of Vimy Ridge are true and also recorded in in historical publications such as ‘Far From Home-Canadians in the First World War’ and ‘Vimy Ridge’ an historical recording by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)    

Brothers at Vimy Ridge. Front CoverText Box: Brothers At Vimy Ridge Written and Published by: Colin Hooper ISBN: 978-0-9811719-0-6 Price $15.99 CDN Available from http://www.brothersatvimyridge.ca  

Text Box: Brothers At Vimy Ridge

Text Box: A Novel Based On A True Story

Text Box: By: Colin Hooper

Brothers at Vimy Ridge. Front CoverText Box: Young men, who went to war for an adventure and thought that they would be home by Christmas, Young men, who saw and experienced things that no human should, whose lives would never be the same  again. Young men, whose lives would end abruptly in the cold stinking mud of the battlefields and trenches of the Western Front. Young men, who would return home permanently scarred from the horrors of war.

Text Box: The Battle of Vimy Ridge  Celebrated in Canadian History as the birth of Canada as a Nation.  

Text Box: Brothers At Vimy Ridge Tells the story of two young boys, Eddie and Arthur Farmer, brought up in a Dr Barnardo Orphanage in the East End of London, England.  They immigrate to Canada and are separated on their arrival in Halifax. They continue to grow up in different Provinces of Canada and as Britain and France struggle to conquer the German army in the First World War , both Eddie and Arthur decide to join the fight. The story tells of Eddie’s constant struggle to contact his brother during his military training and how eventually the two brothers are reunited in the trenches just prior to the Battle for Vimy Ridge. Arthur and Eddie advance on the ridge together at the beginning of the battle, but Eddie is wounded by German gunfire, Arthur tends to Eddie’s injuries and continues with the advance only to hear another shot that fatally wounds his brother. The sections in the story referring to the Battle of Vimy Ridge are true and also recorded in in historical publications such as ‘Far From Home-Canadians in the First World War’ and ‘Vimy Ridge’ an historical recording by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)    

Brothers at Vimy Ridge. Front CoverText Box: Brothers At Vimy Ridge Written and Published by: Colin Hooper ISBN: 978-0-9811719-0-6 Price $15.99 CDN Available from http://www.brothersatvimyridge.ca  

Text Box: Brothers At Vimy Ridge

Text Box: A Novel Based On A True Story

Text Box: By: Colin Hooper

Brothers at Vimy Ridge. Front CoverText Box: Young men, who went to war for an adventure and thought that they would be home by Christmas, Young men, who saw and experienced things that no human should, whose lives would never be the same  again. Young men, whose lives would end abruptly in the cold stinking mud of the battlefields and trenches of the Western Front. Young men, who would return home permanently scarred from the horrors of war.

Text Box: The Battle of Vimy Ridge  Celebrated in Canadian History as the birth of Canada as a Nation.  

Text Box: Brothers At Vimy Ridge Tells the story of two young boys, Eddie and Arthur Farmer, brought up in a Dr Barnardo Orphanage during the early 1900’s in the East End of London, England.  They immigrate to Canada and are separated on their arrival in Halifax. They continue to grow up in different Provinces of Canada and as Britain and France struggle to conquer the might of the German army in the First World War ,  Eddie and Arthur decide to join the fight, each of them ignorant of the others actions. The story tells of Eddie’s relentless struggle to contact his brother during his military training and how eventually the two brothers are reunited in the trenches just prior to the Battle for Vimy Ridge. Arthur and Eddie advance on the ridge together at the beginning of the battle, but Eddie is wounded by German gunfire, Arthur tends to Eddie’s injuries and continues with the advance only to hear another shot that fatally wounds his brother. The chapters in the story referring to the Battle of Vimy Ridge are true and also recorded in in  publications such as ‘Far From Home-Canadians in the First World War’ and ‘Vimy Ridge’ an historical recording by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) also 'Victory at Vimy' by best selling author Ted Barris  

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