Part of Life Itself
The War Diary of Lieutenant Leslie Howard Miller, CEF
University of Toronto Press · Print & ebook · October 30, 2023
This extensively annotated wartime diary illuminates the military service of Leslie Howard Miller (1889–1979), a Canadian soldier who served in the First World War.
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- Who it’s for
- Miller’s diary traces training, Western Front service, and leave in Britain.
- Genres
- World War I History, Military Lives, Canadian Military History
- Published
- University of Toronto Press, October 30, 2023
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This extensively annotated wartime diary illuminates the military service of Leslie Howard Miller (1889–1979), a Canadian soldier who served in the First World War. Miller joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in 1914. In his off-duty hours, he kept this extraordinarily eloquent diary of his training, deployment overseas, service on the Western Front, and periods of leave in the United Kingdom.
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Graham Broad, working from a transcription of the diary produced by Miller’s family, includes a thorough introduction and afterword, as well as over 500 notes that situate and explain Miller’s many references to the people, places, and events he encountered. Unpublished for over a century, written in bracing and engaging prose, and illustrated with Miller’s own drawings and unseen photographs, Part of Life Itself illuminates a bygone world and stands as one of Canada’s most important wartime diaries.
Miller’s Wartime Diary
Miller’s diary traces training, Western Front service, and leave in Britain.
Come here for
- Miller’s accounts of training, deployment, Western Front service, and leave
- His own drawings and previously unseen photographs
Expect
- Over 500 notes explaining people, places, and events he encountered
Where it sits
| Canadian Military History | 70% |
|---|---|
| World War I History | 60% |
| Military Lives | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Military Lives
- World War I History
- Canadian Military History
- Authors
- Leslie Miller, Graham Broad
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Published
- October 30, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Military Lives