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Author:
Crane, David, 1942- author.
Title:
Empires of the dead : how one man's vision led to the creation of WW1's war graves / David Crane.
Publisher:
William Collins,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
289 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Ware, Fabian.
World War, 1914-1918--Monuments.
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.
Contents:
The Making of a Visionary -- The Mobile Unit -- With an Eye to the Future -- Consolidation -- The Imperial War Graves Commission -- Kenyon -- Opposition -- The Task -- Completion -- Keeping the Faith.
Summary:
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; the extraordinary and forgotten story behind the building of the First World War cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable and visionary man, Fabian Ware.
ISBN:
0007456689 (pbk.)
9780007456680 (pbk.)
0007456654 (hbk.)
9780007456659 (hbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)857524094
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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