{"product_id":"asleep-in-the-deep-nursing-sister-anna-stamers-and-the-first-world-war-9781773101767","title":"Asleep in the Deep: Nursing Sister Anna Stamers and the First World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 27 June 1918, the \u003ci\u003eLlandovery Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, a Canadian hospital ship returning to England, was sunk by a German U-boat in contravention of international law. Two hundred and thirty-four crew members died, including fourteen nursing sisters. It was the most significant Canadian naval disaster of the First World War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Stamers, a thirty-year-old nursing sister from Saint John, was on the ship. Now, her story will finally be told. In this well-researched volume, Dianne Kelly explores Stamers's childhood and nursing education in Saint John; her decision to enlist and her transition to military nursing; her service during the war in field hospitals in both England and France; and her final posting aboard HMHS \u003ci\u003eLlandovery Castle\u003c\/i\u003e. This vivid reconstruction of Stamers's life is both an illuminating biography of a young woman's experience of war and an important examination of the role nursing sisters played during the Great War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsleep in the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e is volume 28 of the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773101767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs","brand":"Dianne Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41187265872053,"sku":"9781773101767","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2fb956c4-1dbe-40ae-b28d-f5b6d9c1d63c.jpg?v=1633436827","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/asleep-in-the-deep-nursing-sister-anna-stamers-and-the-first-world-war-9781773101767","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}