Where poppies blow

Resource Information

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.

Label

Where poppies blow

Statement of responsibility

John Lewis-Stempel

Creator

• Lewis-Stempel, John

Subject

• Warfare and Defence
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects

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

• 940.3'1
• 940.31

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction