Douglas Durkin: 3 books
by Douglas Durkin
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2018
Literary Thoughts edition presents The Heart of Cherry McBain by Douglas Durkin ------ "The Heart of Cherry McBain", written by Douglas Durkin in 1919, tells of the arrival of the railway into the Swan River Valley in the 1880s. All books of the Literary Thoughts edition have been transscribed...
The Magpie
A Novel of Post-War Disillusionment 1923
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1974
One of the most complex experiences for Canadians was World War 1 and its attendant social upheavals. Because of the lack of a clear description of the emotional forces of the period, historians have tended to concentrate on the political manifestations of agrarian and working class unrest. There...
by Douglas Durkin
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Craig Forrester is newly home following World War I, newly married, and newly mired in social upheaval. Will he choose complacency alongside his peers, or his personal moral code? Originally published in 1923, The Magpie is a social commentary turned novel about the disillusionment that developed...