{"product_id":"as-you-were-gerry-fostaty-9780864926487","title":"As You Were: The Tragedy at Valcartier","description":"\u003cp\u003eSUMMER, 1974 -- Six teenaged boys died and fifty-four were injured in an explosion on a Canadian Forces Base in Valcartier, Quebec. A live grenade inadvertently made its way into a box of dud ammunition, and its pin was pulled during a lecture on explosives safety. One hundred and forty boys survived, each isolated in their trauma, yet expected to carry on with their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirty-four years later, Gerry Fostaty, who was an 18-year-old sergeant that summer and one of the first on the scene after the explosion, received an unexpected email from his former sergeant-major, triggering a journey into memory, a quest for a true picture of what had happened on that day. In \u003ci\u003eAs You Were\u003c\/i\u003e, Fostaty pieces together the story of how a series of preventable mistakes led to tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe only full account of an event that received minor attention at the time, \u003ci\u003eAs You Were\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a normal day turned horrific, how duty, responsibility, and honour make ordinary people take extraordinary measures, and how an embarrassed military did their best to ignore this devastating incident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerry Fostaty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0864926480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780864926487\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 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 320","brand":"Gerry Fostaty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850219467007,"sku":"9780864926487","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/as-you-were-gerry-fostaty-9780864926487","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}