Название: One in a Thousand: The Life and Death of Captain Eddie McKay, Royal Flying Corps
Автор: Graham Broad
Издательство: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487593414
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Размер: 2,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

This short microhistory details the life and death of Eddie McKay, a varsity athlete at Western University, who flew with the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. Graham Broad switches creatively from telling McKay's fascinating story to teaching valuable lessons on how to do history: why the past matters, why historians take different approaches, how to pose historical questions, how to identify relevant source materials, and the importance of thoughtful, intelligent, and respectful treatment of historical subjects.