Stewart's War
Now being readied in manuscript form, Stewart's War is Tagona Creative's second 'Great War' project. Another unique social - cultural history that blends remarkable first hand WWI accounts and the Tagona partners' commitment to great, compelling history.
Like Tagona's Boy from Botwood account of wartime life and service in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Stewart's War is by turns a moving, disturbing, uplifting and always intensely human account of three Canadian brothers' lives during their often apocalyptic experiences at the Great War 'Front'. With a 180 letter collection (believed to be the largest such private Canadian WWI archive) serving as its narrative backbone, Stewart's War traces the entire War experience through the eyes and words of these passionate Orange Irish Ontarians. The work moves from the initial patriotism of committed British Empire volunteers committed to 'fight for as long as King George needs us', through their Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) training, and the expected easy destruction of the German Kaiser's army.
Stewart's War describes how exuberant patriotism slowly dissolved into a far more sombre realization that the War was not a grand adventure, but horror, hardship, and death in every form imaginable. By war's end, and two Stewart brothers dead, the third badly scarred by his experience, the Stewart family serves as the best possible example of how Canada become a true nation by war's end - not by battle, or political decree, but by the quiet, terrible sacrifice of shattered families like the Stewarts of Millbrook, Ontario.
The Tagona partners have crafted a powerful supporting text for the Stewart's War letters, where various Canadian and international military experts have contributed to this undertaking. Stewart's War is slated for 2017 publication.
Like Tagona's Boy from Botwood account of wartime life and service in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Stewart's War is by turns a moving, disturbing, uplifting and always intensely human account of three Canadian brothers' lives during their often apocalyptic experiences at the Great War 'Front'. With a 180 letter collection (believed to be the largest such private Canadian WWI archive) serving as its narrative backbone, Stewart's War traces the entire War experience through the eyes and words of these passionate Orange Irish Ontarians. The work moves from the initial patriotism of committed British Empire volunteers committed to 'fight for as long as King George needs us', through their Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) training, and the expected easy destruction of the German Kaiser's army.
Stewart's War describes how exuberant patriotism slowly dissolved into a far more sombre realization that the War was not a grand adventure, but horror, hardship, and death in every form imaginable. By war's end, and two Stewart brothers dead, the third badly scarred by his experience, the Stewart family serves as the best possible example of how Canada become a true nation by war's end - not by battle, or political decree, but by the quiet, terrible sacrifice of shattered families like the Stewarts of Millbrook, Ontario.
The Tagona partners have crafted a powerful supporting text for the Stewart's War letters, where various Canadian and international military experts have contributed to this undertaking. Stewart's War is slated for 2017 publication.
