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Remembered in Bronze and Stone

Remembered in Bronze and Stone

Name: Remembered in Bronze and Stone
Brand: Alan Livingstone MacLeod
SKU: 9781772031522
Price: 24.95 CAD
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Canada's Great War Memorial Statuary

SKU: 9781772031522

Alan Livingstone MacLeod

$24.95

Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US)

Remembered in Bronze and Stone evokes the years immediately following the First World War, when grief was still freshly felt in communities from one end of Canada to the other. This book tells the story of the nation’s war memorials—particularly bronze or stone sculptures depicting Canadian soldiers—through the artists who conceived them, the communities that built them, and, above all, those who died in the war and were immortalized in these stunning sculptures raised in their honour. A century has passed since Canadians were scarred by the loss of more than sixty thousand sons and daughters, who now lie in faraway battlefield graves. Highlighting more than 130 monuments from coast to coast, Remembered in Bronze and Stone revives a pivotal period in history that changed Canada forever.

Moving memorials of a horrifying war.

- John Mackie, Vancouver Sun

In the aftermath of a world torn apart by war, countless communities across Canada sought to pay tribute to their fallen by erecting war memorials intended to serve as a syumbol of eternal remembrance. Through his insightful writing and often hauntingly beautiful photography, Alan MacLeod traces the story of the soldier statuary these efforts left behind. Remembered in Bronze and Stone is a fine tribute and a call to current and future generations to ensure the preservation of these memorials.

- Mark Zuehlke, author of the Candadian Battle Series and Through Blood and Sweat