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SUMMARY:Canadian War History with Tim Cook
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DESCRIPTION:Renowned author & war historian.\nhttps://bpl.libnet.info/even
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Writing\, history\, war\, and medicine col
 lide in this must-attend event. We're thrilled to welcome Tim Cook\, Canad
 a&rsquo\;s top war historian\, back to BPL for a fascinating telling of ta
 les from his latest book\, <em>Lifesavers and Body Snatchers. </em></p>\n<
 p>Cook will recount highlights from his definitive medical history of the 
 Great War\, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to re
 volutionary\, life-saving innovations. It reveals the brutality of combat 
 and how agonizing battlefield decisions led to unimaginable strain for med
 ics who fought to save the lives of soldiers. A Different Drummer Books wi
 ll be onsite selling books for signing after the talk.</p>\n<p>Presented i
 n partnership with A Different Drummer Books</p>\n<h5>About the Presenter<
 /h5>\n<p>Tim Cook&nbsp\;is Chief Historian and Director of Research at the
  Canadian War Museum. His bestselling books have won multiple awards\, inc
 luding three Ottawa Book prizes for Literary Non-Fiction and two C.P. Stac
 ey Awards for the best book in Canadian military history. He won the J.W. 
 Dafoe Prize in 2008 for&nbsp\;At the Sharp End&nbsp\;and again in 2018 for
 &nbsp\;Vimy:&nbsp\;The Battle and the Legend.&nbsp\;Shock Troops&nbsp\;won
  the 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.</p>\n<p><a href="
 https://burlington.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=tim+cook&amp\;searchT
 ype=author">Explore Tim Cook in our collection</a></p>\n<h5>If you registe
 red but cannot attend</h5>\n<p>As a courtesy to those on the waitlist\, if
  you are unable to attend this event\, please cancel your seat online as s
 oon as possible through <a href="https://attend.bpl.on.ca/myevents">MyEven
 ts</a> or call us for assistance at 905.639.3611. Thank you.</p>\nhttps://
 bpl.libnet.info/event/7402247
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