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TheFightingNewfoundlanderisavividhistoryoftheRoyalNewfoundlandRegimentanditsheroiccontributionstothewareffort.GeraldNicholsondetailstheharrowingexperiencesoftheNewfoundlandRegimentatGal-lipoliandlateratBeaumontHamelwhere710ofthe801ofcerssufferedseriousinjuryordeath.HefollowsthemtotheThirdBattleofYpresandCambraiforwhichtheyweregrantedthetitleRoyaltheonlyarmyunittoreceivesuchadistinctionduringWorldWarI.NicholsonincludesanexplorationofthecolonizationofNewfoundlandanditscontributionstotheWarof1812theAmericanWarofIndepend-enceandtheAmericanCivilWar.TheFightingNewfoundlanderisanillu-minatinghistoryoftheBluePutteesandtheircommunity.Inthismasterfullyconcisehistoryofghtingmenwereadanauthorwhosesplendidtalentstieamatureintellecttoavigorousforthrightstyle.Withalifetimeofpainstakingresearchtodrawontheresultisasensitiveandstir-ringportraitofmeninbattlethatremainsamodelofprecisioninnovationandrigour.ThemeldingofdetaileddescriptionwithrelevantandcompletecontextisahallmarkofNicholsonswork.WarinHistoryColonelGeraldW.L.Nicholson19021980servedwiththePrinceAlbertVolunteers.HeistheauthorofTheCanadiansinItaly19431945andCanadianExpeditionaryForce19141919bothpartoftheofcialhistoryoftheCanadianArmy.FrederickRennieEmerson18951972wasadynamicpresenceinthecul-turalandintellectuallifeofNewfoundlandandLabradorformuchofthetwentiethcentury.AmusicianlawyereducatorandfolkloreenthusiastEmersonwasacentralgureinthepreservationandmediationofNew-foundlandcultureinthetumultuousdecadespriortoandfollowingConfed-erationwithCanadain1949.GlennColtonshowshowEmersonfosteredgreaterawarenessandunder-standingofNewfoundlandsculturalheritageinlocalnationalandinterna-tionalcontexts.HiscollaborationwithsongcollectorMaudKarpelesinthelate1920spreservedsomeofthemostcherishedfolksongsintheEnglishlanguageandadecadelaterhislecturesatMemorialUniversityCollegeem-phasizedfolktraditionsandclassicalrepertoiretoinspireculturaldiscoveryforanentiregeneration.AsNewfoundlandsrepresentativeontherstCanadaCouncilandvice-presidentoftheCanadianFolkMusicSocietyheplayedacrucialroleinshapingCanadianculturalpolicyduringthetransfor-mativeyearsofthemid-twentiethcentury.Coltonalsorevealsthemeaning-fulcreativeworksEmersoncomposedinresponsetothesameculturalheritagehedocumentedandpreservedhisone-actdramaProudKateSulli-van1940isapioneeringdepictionofNewfoundlandlifeandthefolk-in-spiredNewfoundlandRhapsody1964isoneoffewexamplesofsymphonicmusiccomposedbyaNewfoundlanderofhisgeneration.GlennDavidColtonisassociateprofessorofmusicatLakeheadUniversity.19MQUPSPRING2014MILITARYHISTORYreannouncingTheFightingNewfoundlanderNewEditiongeraldw.l.nicholsonwithanintroductionbydavidr.facey-crowtherAmust-readforthecentenaryoftheFirstWorldWar.SPECIFICATIONSCarletonLibrarySeriesMarch2014978-0-7735-3206-937.95TCDNpaper6.75x9.75634pp5fold-outand8regularmaps113bwphotographsSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableSPECIFICATIONSMarch2014978-0-7735-4251-839.95TCDN39.95TUS26.99cloth6x9336pp35bwphotos24diagramsofsheetmusic1drawingSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableNewfoundlandRhapsodyFrederickR.EmersonandtheMusicalCultureoftheIslandglenndavidcoltonAnewperspectiveontheculturalheritageofNewfoundlandandLabradortoldthroughthelifeofFrederickR.Emerson.MUSICOLOGYBIOGRAPHY