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Praise for William Gough:
"Gough’s writing is...poignant, spare, with the strength and subtlety of a fine woodcut. .. E. Annie Proulx
"A wise, compassionate storyteller."... Atom Egoyan
"The richness of language is in Gough's literary blood."... Globe & Mail
"There are so many wonderful qualities in Gough's magical book..." The Toronto Star
"His ability to bring his wild settings into a sharp focus is never less than uncanny."... Chicago Tribune
When my Grandfather Newman Gough enlisted to fight and left his home outport of Elliston, Newfoundland in WW 1, he was a innocent boy.
By the end of WW 1 he was a shattered man, who had lost the
main illusions of his life. Yet, he managed to write brave letters from the
front; letters that reflected his life and times in such a way that I want what
he said to be available for free, for us all - so we may all avoid war in all
times forever.
My grandfather never glorified war to me, he warned me against it, told me to
avoid fighting for belief; he regretted the killing he did, mourned those he'd
shot & bayoneted, and was straight-ahead honest about his life-long opinion
that to kill is wrong - period.
I write of his war in other books, in this one it's time to share with the world what he wrote in his period of learning. I ask to remember, as you read them, the time in which he lived, & to consider the falsehoods that were told him in order to have him fight. Those were terrible times of a war that could have been avoided.
This is now being inter-linked to the book about my father - in the form of his Audio-Movie More on this in 2026.