For the last post before Christmas (as well as the last post of 2006), I thought it would be appropriate to spotlight a particular entry directly tied to the Holiday season.
Not a Shot was Fired: Letters from the Christmas Truce 1914
By Alan Cleaver and Lesley Park - www.christmastruce.co.uk
$21.78 (Lulu) Buy it
Blooker category: Non-Fiction
"Hidden away in the archives of local newspapers throughout the UK (and abroad) are first-hand accounts of one of the most remarkable events in history: the Christmas Truce of 1914. Warring soldiers lay down their arms and walked across no-man's land to shake hands and wish their "enemy" a Merry Christmas. Thankfully, the soldiers wrote home about their experiences and those letters were published in their local papers, preserving them for future generations.
But there those letters may have stayed in the archives were it not for the efforts of volunteers recruited by the www.christmastruce.co.uk website. Those volunteers gave up many hours of their leisure time to go through the back issues, find the letters and transcribe them for the website. Some of the letters are now reprinted--for the first time in nearly a century--in this book."
For more information on the origins of this fascinating and inspiring blook, episode #16 of the Lulu Radio podcast features an interview with co-author Alan Cleaver.
So, for those who celeberate it, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Blooker Prize and Lulu.com. See you in 2007!
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