In Flanders Fields: John McCrae as Physician, Poet, Soldier
James C Young · 2023
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James Young profiles John McCrae in a 2023 biographical paper. McCrae, a Canadian doctor, poet, and soldier, died in the First World War. He wrote his best known poem soon after a comrade fell at the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915. The poem spread fast, aiding recruiting and bond drives, and fixed the poppy as a token of remembrance.
Young traces a career cut short near the war's end, in years when death came easily. McCrae moved among giants of medicine like William Osler and Harvey Cushing and knew Rudyard Kipling. The profile weighs what his passing cost medicine and letters alike. It also shows how one short poem can shape how nations remember their war dead.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | James C Young |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |