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PUREWAL, STEVEN &  CHRISTOPHER RAWLINS - Duty, Honour & Izzat from Golden Fields to Crimson

Title: Duty, Honour & Izzat from Golden Fields to Crimson
Description: Canmore, AB: Renegade Arts Canmore Ltd, 2019. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1988903475. As new; A near-fine volume. Brightly coloured illustrations throughout. ; 214 X 19 X 261 millimeters; 152 pages; "This is the story of how the Indian soldiers of the Punjab chose to ignore the insults to their honour and dignity and help stop Great Britain losing World War One in 1914. Presented as a historical scrapbook with beautifully realised, photo-realistic artwork. Framing the history is a graphic novel story about a teenage boy, in Surrey, British Columbia, caught up in drug gangs. He rethinks his choices after his great grandfather comes to visit the family in Canada. His stories of their past, and seeing him reunited with a Canadian soldier his great grandfather saved during WW2, open up the possibility of a different path in life. Why are certain histories covered, discussed and inquired about, while others remain hidden? Going beyond the old tropes of colonised histories this book presents the Indo-Canadian community's pioneer experience within the events leading to the ejection of the Komagata Maru from Canadian waters in July 1914 and the subsequent outbreak of the Great War in August 1914. However, the story of a longstanding Punjabi community that fought for Western civilisation & the British Empire, side by side with British and Canadians and under the same flag, has gone untold. Punjabi soldiers played a pivotal role in the opening months of the war in France and Belgium. A great book to introduce youth to a more inclusive look at WW1 history.". Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

Keywords: 1988903475 WWI Sikh punjab Militaria

Price: US$ 35.00 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 20889

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