GRANDPA'S GIFT, The Story of The Canadians' WW1 Battle to Win VIMY RIDGE CANADA, by P. W. Graham, 2016

Author: Yasmin John-Thorpe. Published by Penticton Writers & Publishers, 2016, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing. Printed and bound in BC, Canada. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book.

GRANDPA'S GIFT, begins at Skaha Beach, with a grandfather telling his grandson, Jackson, the story of how the Canadians won the WWI battle to take Vimy Ridge in France from the Germans.

During the Battle of Vimy Ridge, from April 9 to 12, 1917, the Canadian Corps fought to take control of high ground held by the Germans. The Canadians captured most of the ridge during the first day, but the final fortified knoll near the village of Givenchy-en-Gohelle did not fall until April 12. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Yasmin John-Thorpe is a children's, teens and adult author. She loved history and was inspired to write this small but important history about Canadians winning a WWI battle against the Germans. The book for published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge.

ISBN: 9780994876508
GC&C Stock #586