Where poppies blow
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Where poppies blow
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The work Where poppies blow represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Where poppies blow
- Statement of responsibility
- John Lewis-Stempel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War by the author of 'Meadowland', winner of the 2015 Wainwright Prize. 'Where Poppies Blow' is the unique story of the British soldiers of the Great War and their relationship with the animals and plants around them. This connection was of profound importance, because it goes a long way to explaining why they fought, and how they found the will to go on. At the most basic level, animals and birds provided interest to fill the blank hours in the trenches and billets - bird-watching, for instance, was probably the single most popular hobby among officers. But perhaps more importantly, the ability of nature to endure, despite the bullets and blood, gave men a psychological, spiritual, even religious, uplift
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- Dewey number
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- 940.3'1
- 940.31
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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