Canadian War Museum Lecture and Book Launch
October 25, 2007 |
Canadian War Museum Lecture and Book Launch
Ottawa, Ontario, October 25, 2007 — On Thursday, November 1, 2007, the Canadian War Museum is pleased to present an evening with author Nathan Greenfield, who will launch his new HarperCollins book, Baptism of Fire: The Second Battle of Ypres and the Forging of Canada, April 1915. The Second Battle of Ypres pitted the highly-trained German soldiers – armed with the first weapon of mass destruction, chlorine gas – against the 1st Canadian Division, which had been in the trenches for just over a week. Yet it was the Canadians who ultimately triumphed, stopping the German advance that followed history’s first poisonous attacks.WHAT: CWM Lecture and Book Launch: Nathan Greenfield and Baptism of Fire: The Second Battle of Ypres and the Forging of Canada, April 1915
WHERE: Barney Danson Theatre, Canadian War Museum
WHEN: Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 7 p.m. (in English)
In partnership with HarperCollins
Admission to the War Museum is free every Thursday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Nathan M. Greenfield, Ph.D., is the Canadian correspondent for the Times Education Supplement and is a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement. He has written for Maclean’s and Canadian Geographic, among other publications, and is the former pop culture historian on CBC Radio One’s Definitely Not the Opera. The author of The Battle of the St. Lawrence, Greenfield has spent two years researching the battle, unearthing much new material. Born in the U.S. and educated in New York and Montréal, Nathan M. Greenfield lives in Ottawa.
Information (media):
Christina Selin
Manager, Communications
Canadian War Museum
Telephone: 819 776-8607
E-mail: christina.selin@warmuseum.ca.
Pierre Leduc
Media Relations Officer
Canadian War Museum
Telephone: 819 776-8608
E-mail: pierre.leduc@warmuseum.ca.
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