{"product_id":"a-family-of-brothers-j-brent-wilson-9780864929235","title":"A Family of Brothers: Soldiers of the 26th New Brunswick Battalion in the Great War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe powerful story of over 5,700 brothers in arms.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey fought at Ypres in the fall of 1915, on the Somme at Courcelette and Regina Trench in 1916. They carried on to Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, and Passchendaele in 1917. They were part of the battles at Amiens and the Hundred Days campaign of 1918. The 26th Battalion was the only infantry unit from New Brunswick (and one of only 24 from the rest of Canada) to serve continuously on the Western Front from 1915 until the Armistice in 1918. More than 5,700 soldiers passed through its ranks during the First World War: 900 were killed and nearly 3,000 were wounded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Family of Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e tells the powerful story of the \"Fighting 26th,\" from their mobilization to the aftermath of the war. Using letters, newspaper accounts, war diaries, and other official documents, Brent Wilson offers a compelling account of the soldiers at the front and those behind the lines, their experiences of the war and how their lives would be transformed upon their return to the Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Family of Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e is volume 25 of the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Brent Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0864929234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780864929235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"J. Brent Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48112989864191,"sku":"9780864929235","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5022832-2a3d-4391-939b-1ade329cb07e.jpg?v=1769612312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-family-of-brothers-j-brent-wilson-9780864929235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}