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The Guns of Normandy

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Country
  
Canada

Publication date
  
October 28, 1995

Originally published
  
28 October 1995

ISBN
  
9780771015038

Subject
  
World War II

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Genre
  
Non-fiction book

Pages
  
536 pp.

Author
  
George G. Blackburn

Publisher
  
McClelland & Stewart

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Media type
  
Print (Hardcover & Paperback)

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George G Blackburn books, Non-fiction books

The Guns of Normandy: A Soldier's Eye View, France 1944 is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer George G. Blackburn, first published in October 1995 by McClelland & Stewart. In the book, the author renders a firsthand account of the Normandy invasion from within the Canadian Forces. The narrative account was called "gripping", given in "the most graphic and authentic detail". The panel of judges who awarded the "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction" called The Guns of Normandy "an outstanding example" of the genre.

Awards and honours

The Guns of Normandy won the 1996 Ottawa Citizen "Book of the Year Award" and received shortlist honours for the '96 "Trillium Award". The book won Blackburn the 1996 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction" as well, giving him acclaim at the national level.

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