Percy Willmot A Cape Bretoner at War THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918) saw 619,636 Canadians enlist—among them Cape Bretoner Percy Willmot. Percy’s sparkling personality clearly emerges from these letters to his sister. They tell us about the experiences of thousands of soldiers, pointing out the contrast between the beauties of nature and the horrors of modern warfare. They remind us of the intimacy of the trenches, the lives shared in a unit with many comrades from his own community. Brian Tennyson is a professor emeritus at Cape Breton University. 300pages   .   $23.95   .   ISBN 978-1-897009-21-5   .   Cape Breton University Press

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