Lifesavers and Body Snatchers
Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War
- Hardcover
552 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2022
Summary
- WINNER OF THE 2023 OTTAWA BOOK AWARD
- SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 TEMPLER MEDAL FOR BEST BOOK
From Canada’s top war historian, a definitive medical history of the Great War, illuminating how the carnage of modern battle gave birth to revolutionary life-saving innovations. It brings to light shocking revelations of the ways the brutality of combat and the necessity of agonizing battlefield decisions led to unimaginable strain for men …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780735242319 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0735242313 |
| Author: | Tim Cook |
| Publisher: | Prentice Hall Press |
| Imprint: | Prentice Hall Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 552 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 799g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 158mm |
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Critics Review
One of The Globe and Mail ’s “64 books to keep you warm as the weather cools” Praise for Lifesavers and Body Snatchers : “[S]hocking… . [H]eartbreaking… .” –Ottawa Citizen
WINNER OF THE 2023 OTTAWA BOOK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 TEMPLER MEDAL FOR BEST BOOKOne of: The Globe and Mail’s “64 books to keep you warm as the weather cools”The Toronto Star’s “5 books for a Remembrance Day reading list”Praise for Lifesavers and Body Snatchers:“Shocking… . Heartbreaking.” —Ottawa Citizen“Cook has an unrivaled mastery of the archival sources and reveals [in Lifesavers and Body Snatchers] for the first time the program of harvesting body parts from fallen soldiers for medical study.” —Toronto Star
About The Author
Tim Cook
TIM COOK is Chief Historian and Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum. His bestselling books have won multiple awards, including three Ottawa Book prizes for Literary Non-Fiction and two C.P. Stacey Awards for the best book in Canadian military history. In 2008 he won the J.W. Dafoe Prize for At the Sharp End and again in 2018 for Vimy- The Battle and the Legend. Shock Troops won the 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Cook is a frequent commentator in the media, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the Order of Canada.
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