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"In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother,...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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In Elegance Bratton's inspirational and deeply moving retelling of his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned...
3) Sex, soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45: queer identities in Australia in the Second World War
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xxi, 250 pages : black and white maps and illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Military and civilian worlds have an uneasy relationship. They inform and intersect with one another in complex and competing ways. Sex, soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45 explores how life in and out of uniform shaped Australia's queer identities in the 1940s"--Back cover.
4) Soldiers don't go mad: a story of brotherhood, poetry, and mental illness during the First World War
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xviii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I From the moment war broke out across Europe in 1914, the world entered a new, unparalleled era of modern warfare. Soldiers faced relentless machine gun shelling, incredible artillery power, flame throwers, and gas attacks. Within the...
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