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SUMMARY:Lifesavers and Body Snatchers
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DESCRIPTION:Military historian and author Tim Cook talks about his latest 
 book\, Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Su
 rvival in the Great War..\nhttps://ideaexchange.libnet.info/event/7738032
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>To purchase copies of <strong>Lifesavers a
 nd Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great
  War\,</strong> please visit our bookselling partner for this event - Gree
 n Heron Books in Paris\, Ontario. Visit their website at <a href="greenher
 onbooks.com">greenheronbooks.com</a> or call 519-442-1822.<br /><strong></
 strong></p>\n<p><strong>More About the Book</strong><br />From Canada&rsqu
 o\;s top war historian\, a definitive medical history of the Great War\, i
 lluminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary l
 ife-saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the way
 s the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield decis
 ions led to unimaginable strain for men and women of medicine who fought t
 o save the lives of soldiers. Lifesavers and Body Snatchers is a powerful 
 narrative\, told in Cook&rsquo\;s literary style\, which reveals how the m
 edical services supported the soldiers at the front and forged a profound 
 legacy in shaping Canadian public health in the decades that followed.<br 
 /><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>About the Author</strong><br />Tim Coo
 k is Chief Historian and Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum. 
 His bestselling books have won multiple awards\, including three Ottawa Bo
 ok prizes for Literary Non-Fiction and two C.P. Stacey Awards for the best
  book in Canadian military history. In 2008 he won the J.W. Dafoe Prize fo
 r At the Sharp End and again in 2018 for Vimy: The Battle and the Legend. 
 Shock Troops won the 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. C
 ook is a frequent commentator in the media\, and a member of the Royal Soc
 iety of Canada and the Order of Canada.</p>\n<p><strong>Cost: </strong>Fre
 e</p>\n<p>The program will be delivered through Zoom. Register once per vi
 ewing device.</p>\nhttps://ideaexchange.libnet.info/event/7738032
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