Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Launching of new book

The author, Serge Durflinger is launching his new book: "Fighting from home, the Second World War in Verdun" and he is inviting all those interested to attend his presentation at the Centre Culturel de Verdun at 5955 Bannantyne, Verdun, next Wenesday November 1st at 7.00 pm, free admission and refreshments. The presentation will be held in french and in english. His book is published in english only initially. I will be there so any members and friends  that are in the Verdun area are invited. Les-F, This is the subject you where interested in a while back.If you are interested in purchasing his book, I will get information for you.
Guy
 
 
 

4 comments:

les__f MSN said...

Yes Thank You,Guy, I would appreciate any additional information, here's a bit from an Ottawa Paper last Ostover2005, mentioning his upcoming book,......I see it published through UBC here on the Coast,.so I will investigate & see if his new book is also available through Our local Library here,........(I'll check online a bit later),........ He holds a PhD from McGill University and is the author of Lest We Forget, a history of the Last Post Fund of Canada. A book to be published in the spring of 2006 by by the University of British Columbia Press will explore the effects of the Second World War on the city and inhabitants of Verdun, Qu챕bec   it seems his grandfather served VerdunProudly & was wounded in his efforts,... Professor Durflinger's grandfather, L챕opold Ste-Marie (1886-1963), enlisted in the 167th Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1916. He served at the front in the ranks of the 22nd (French-Canadian) Battalion, the famous "Van Doos." He was wounded in 1917 and returned to front-line duty.
.............Front Line Duty,was no piece of cake in any War,......but especially so in WWI...........................this guy would be an interesting person to hear,I wish I could attend,...but I will be happy with reading the book:  

les__f MSN said...

I just searched Our local Library ,here online,.and it seems they only have his book "about the Poppy Fund Author Durflinger Serge ,Marc 1961 Title Lest we forget : a history of the Last Post Fund, 1909-1999 / Serge M. Durflinger. Publication info. Montr챕al : Last Post Fund, c2000.I inagine that the new one will become available,.and I will suggest it to them to put on their purchase list,....although this method can take quite awhile at times,...needing ISBN #'s an all that

mom1945-linda MSN said...

I love information such as this.  My grandfather was in WWI and my father was in WWII.   Reminder for all:    Remember to buy a poppy on November 11th   Cheers.

guy5479 MSN said...

Professor Serge Durflinger held the presentation last evening at the Centre Culturel de Verdun of his new book: Fighting From Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec. The evening was a great success and the Hall was full as shown on enclosed photos. I was privilaged to meet Serge Durflinger and happy to learn that he was one of the founders of the SHGV back in 1994 and that a lot of his research was done there. He sold out all of the 50 books he had on hand however we were given an order form so that we can order directly from the publisher (form enclosed). Guy