Title | : | In Flander Fields |
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Author | : | John McCrae |
Release | : | 2015-01-13 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Poetry, Books, Fiction & Literature |
Size | : | 337927 |
This amazing poems were written during the First World War by Canadian physician John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London-based magazine Punch. This is a must to read ebook! Enjoy it now! I |