The Edge of War - Hardcover
Only a few books have touched on the operations of the Public Relations units of the armed forces overseas and the conducting officers assigned to the correspondents in combat zones. Here is a detailed account by Jack Donoghue who gained PR experience during the War through his officer training in Canada, his assignment to No. 3 PR Unit in Europe and his service as assistant editor of The Maple Leaf, the daily newspaper for our overseas forces. It is a highly personal record and running through it is "a love story" - his attachment to his wife Colleen and his infant daughter Kathleen (Midge), at home reflected in the warmth of their letters back and forth in the final year of the war.
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- PublisherDetselig Enterprises
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0920490751
- ISBN 13 9780920490754
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages148
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. memoir of Canadian assigned to a public relations outfit in Europe during WWII. Seller Inventory # 005286
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Canadian First. Inscribed and dated Nov. 88 on front end paper by Jack Donoghue: "For __, Hope you enjoy the book. Best wishes. Jack Donoghue"; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs; a very nice copy indeed. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 004788
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. Some b/w photos. viii, 149 pp. Seller Inventory # 055171
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed and dated by Mr. Donoghue to a member of Parliament (Dianne Ablonczy) on the front endpaper. 149 pp. Map photographs. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 249635
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo pp. 149, contains black and white photographs. book. Seller Inventory # 190356
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Bill Brownridge (cover) (illustrator). First (English). The P.R. units of the Canadian forces overseas were given the task of presenting the story at the front(s) back to the people at home. Doing the job well meant volunteer programs - particularly enlistment, were much easier to keep going. The Maple Leaf was the daily newspaper of the Canadian forces. Donoghue was one of these PR (communications) unit men. He was also involved in D-Day planning. In addition to his war memoirs, there are then predictably a handful of B/W journalistic photos of war events from the National Archives. 149 pages Cond: Olive grey boards around a very crisp, tight and clean copy.Author's signature and gift inscription on ffep. Also p/o name. Ephemera : Book launch inviation laid in. D.J.( illus. with tank and three fallen soldiers) is similarly clean and crisp . Very attractive copy, free of signs of wear. You'll find the Falaise Gap photo on p.74 interesting. On page 36, Donoghue remarks how he was afraid to give away Normandy landing information by talking in his sleep. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 006940
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 149 pp. Photos. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has light edgewear. Signed by the author on the title page. A personal account of the work of the Canadian Public Relations units, Army units the helped facilitate coverage of the war by correspondents in the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe. Cover art by Bill Brownridge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # MIL2207
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Book Description [0-920490-75-1] [1988]. (Hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 149pp. Photographs, illustrations. (Military--Canada, Journalists--Canada, Maple Leaf, The, Memoirs, Military--Canada, Newspapers, Personal Narratives--World War 2, War Correspondents, World War 2--European Theater). Seller Inventory # 124246
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Brownridge, Bill (illustrator). 1st Edition. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises Ltd, 1988. First Edition, signed and inscribed by Donoghue on the ffep to noted Canadian Oil Industry journalist and financial expert Leslie Orr Rowland, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Octavo, pictorial jacket painted by Bill Brownridge. 148 numbered pages, some b&w photographs. Book and jacket in sparkling fine condition. Hard to imagine a more collectible example of this title - Donoghue's account of his World War II experiences in one of the highly-regarded Canadian Public Relations unit - than this one. A first edition, signed and inscribed, in the year of publication, to another notable Canadian: Leslie Rowland (whose armorial bookplate graces the front pastedown) was a journalist and analyst for many years within the Canadian oil industry, and won much recognition for it All in a perfectly preserved, Fine example. Donoghue's inscription: "For Les Rowland - friend of long standing; Back to U. of M. Canada's most authoritative and competent journalist covering the Oil Patch. Hope you like the book !" L39n. Signed and Inscribed By Author. Seller Inventory # 001196
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Bill Brownridge (cover painting) (illustrator). No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st. Book, " is a detailed account by Jack Donoghue who gained PR experience during the War through his officer training in Canada, his assignment to No. 3 PR Unit in Europe and his service as assistant editor of ' The Maple Leaf ', the daily newspaper for our overseas forces. " (front flap) 149 pp. Book is from the library of the Providence Mother House, Heathfield in Kingston, ON. Library attachments: Library/DISCARDED stamp ffep and on Full Title Page, Dewey sticker at base of spine (DJ)and one at bottom of FTP, card pocket rep and library stamp on bottom edge. Otherwise the book itself is as new. Unclipped DJ is plastic protected and pristine. Dedication: " For the Providence Sisters [underlined] / Without you [sic] prayers this wouldn't have been published. It would be presumptious of me to consider it spiritual reading. But I believe it does has his moments. I hope you like it. Remember in your prayers Ted and the other boys ( and they were boys) who didn't make it home. / Jack Donoghue [underscore] /Sep '88 " Poignantly signed and dedicated in the year of publication. Bookseller's Inventory # 201858. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001858
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