A Canadian's road to Russia : letters from the Great War decade / by Stuart Ramsay Tompkins ; edited by Doris H. Pieroth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tompkins, Stuart Ramsay, 1886-1977.

Contributor:

Pieroth, Doris Hinson.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tompkins, Stuart Ramsay, 1886-1977--Correspondence.

Tompkins, Stuart Ramsay.

Tompkins, Edna Jane Christie, 1891---Correspondence.

Tompkins, Edna Jane Christie.

Canada. Canadian Army--Biography.

Canada.

Soldiers--Canada--Correspondence.

Soldiers.

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Canadian.

World War, 1914-1918.

Siberia (Russia)--Description and travel.

Siberia (Russia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (515 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alta., Canada : University of Alberta Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stuart Ramsay Tompkins belonged to the generation of scholars that came of age in Canada after the turn of the century and was tempered by the First World War. His letters to his wife, Edna, from 1912 to 1919, provide an eloquent record of his courtship and marriage; sharp observations of government and politics, both military and civil; an articulate participant's view of war in the trenches; and discerning and sensitive reactions to Siberia and China in 1919. The letters recount pivotal experiences that shaped the future professor who would become one of North America's pioneer specialists in Russian history. Edited by Doris H. Pieroth.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Editor's Note

Introduction: A Scholar's Odyssey

1 Courtship and Marriage of a Civil Servant: October 1912 to June 1915

2 One Man's Mobilization: Autumn 1915

3 Troop Train and Steamship: Early Summer, 1916

4 Shorncliffe: June to October, 1916

5 Impressions of France: At the Front with Alberta's 31st: October-November, 1916

6 Further Impressions: Transfer to the Trench Mortars: November-December, 1916

7 New Year, Old War: January, 1917

8 Preparing the Spring Assault: Rehearsal for Vimy Ridge February-March, 1917

9 Over the Top and Return to "Blighty": April 1917 to March 1918

10 C.E.F. Siberia: November-December, 1918

11 Across the North Pacific: 260th Rifles Reach Vladivostok: January-February, 1919

12 Breaking the Language Barrier: Living among Russians: February-March, 1919

13 Journey to China: April-May, 1919

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Maps on lining-papers.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4593-0432-2

1-4175-9303-2

OCLC:

647755245