This is the story of a London East End “orphan”, Walter Charles Tompkins, Number 29. He was one of the more than 100,000 Home Children who were shipped to Canada between the years of 1833 and 1939. It was a small but not insignificantchapter in the history of Canada. Based on true events the novel makes extensive use of letters, documents, newspaper articles and archive material from the period. It begins w ...Täielik kirjeldus
This is the story of a London East End “orphan”, Walter Charles Tompkins, Number 29. He was one of the more than 100,000 Home Children who were shipped to Canada between the years of 1833 and 1939. It was a small but not insignificantchapter in the history of Canada. Based on true events the novel makes extensive use of letters, documents, newspaper articles and archive material from the period. It begins with the conscription of his father, Herbert, into the British Army, his training in the Machine Gun Corps, his war experience in Salonika and consequent injuries, capture and incarceration as a POW. What has happened to his father determines Walter’s future as one of Canada’s indentured labour force. But at first, Walter must become an “orphan.”It is the story of a man and his son struggling to live in the midst of a world over which they have no control.