This extensively annotated wartime diary illuminates the military service of Leslie Howard Miller (1889-1979), a Canadian soldier who served in the First World War. Miller joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in 1914. In his off-duty hours, he kept this extraordinarily eloquent diary of his training, deployment overseas, service on the Western Front, and periods of leave in the United Kingdom.
Graham Broad, working from a transcription of the diary produced by Miller's family, includes a thorough introduction and afterword, as well as over 500 notes that situate and explain Miller's many references to the people, places, and events he encountered.
Unpublished for over a century, written in bracing and engaging prose, and illustrated with Miller's own drawings and unseen photographs, Part of Life Itself illuminates a bygone world and stands as one of Canada's most important wartime diaries.
| ISBN: | 9781487503864 |
| Publication date: | 29th January 2024 |
| Author: | Leslie H Miller, Graham Broad |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | The Canadian Experience of War |
| Genres: |
First World War Biography: historical, political and military Military history |