The Artist and the Colonel

This is the story of a loving marriage between two strong-minded, accomplished and well-known Nova Scotians. The artist, Mabel Killam Day, made her name as a Canadian painter, and her popularity continues to grow. The Colonel, Frank Parker Day, was a celebrated Canadian novelist (his novel, Rockbound, published in 1929, was chosen by the CBC as their best read of 2007). He was also a Rhodes Scholar, Colonel of the Cape Breton Highlanders (WWI) and college president in the USA. This book chronicles the couple’s struggles to make a living with their art, and their many accomplishments. It is heavily illustrated with black and white photos as well as a selection of Mabel's paintings in full colour. Alex Colville, the renowned painter, who knew both Mabel and Frank, has written a short preface.

Mabel Killam Day encouraged Bill Crowell to study art and Frank Parker Day knew him as an infantry veteran and urged him towards teaching and writing.

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The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A Story of World War II

When you heard a "Moaning Minnie" winding up, first you'd learn to dive into your slit-trench very quickly. Then you'd learn your trench mate, jumping in with steel shod boots, might not be particular where he landed. you learned discretion. The glamour of soldiering wears thin quickly when you are being shot at. This view of war is written as a novel based on the first hand experience of an infantryman who was there.
Starting with Basic Training in Canada the story follows Jamie Anderson in a Canadian Army University Course and Advanced Training before proceeding Overseas. Girl troubles, typical for most soldiers, are his worst problem until he gets into action.
Survival is Jamie's dream on the battlefields, from the hedgerows of Normandy to the dyke lands of Holland, his unit always pressing into the most dangerous places and too often, Jamie the point man. Discomfort was a way of life - being dirty, hungry, wet, cold, exhausted and out of smokes. Foot-slogging soldiers conjured up reveries of home.
Lieutenant Cohen made promises: "Soon as this little action is finished the regiment is going into reserve. For a week at a big chateau. Hot meals, All the wine you can drink. And there's a busload of girls coming from the Follies Bergere in Paris."

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