A Tommy's Life in the Trenches - A Soldier-Artist on the Western Front

A unique visual perspective of life in the trenches on the Western Front from the forgotten soldier-artist and Somme veteran Private Fergus Mackain who served in France 1916-17.

About the author

Fergus Mackain was born in Canada to an English father & lived in New York with his young family working as an illustrator for an ad agency. Demobbed in 1918 he lived in England for several years before returning to his family. He died in 1924. William Mackain-Bremner lives in Texas & grew up in a British army family and was introduced to his relative's poignant illustrations from an early age. John Place is a teacher and lives in Oxford.

Summary

A unique visual perspective of life in the trenches on the Western Front from the forgotten soldier-artist and Somme veteran Private Fergus Mackain who served in France 1916-17.

Product details

• Authors: Fergus Mackain, Private Fergus Mackain, William Mackain-Bremner, John Place
• Assisted by: William Mackain-Bremner (Editor), John Place (Editor)
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781445658292
• ISBN: 978-1-4456-5829-2
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 244 mm x 168 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Illustration, Frankreich, einzelne Designer, Antiquitäten und Sammelobjekte: Bücher, Manuskripte, Ephemera und Drucksachen, 1910 bis 1919 n. Chr.