Foresters' Scribe

Ursula A. Kelly is a John Lewis Paton Distinguished University Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Her research is interdisciplinary and within the areas of cultural studies and critical education.

"Kelly takes an insightful angle into this topic, via the letters of John A. Barrett, the Regimental Quartermaster." - Joan Sullivan, The Telegram"The Foresters' Scribe is a rich depository of primary material, under-pinned by insightful and fresh analysis that deepens our understanding of Newfoundland and Labrador's experience in World War I. It accomplishes the admirable feat of combining scholarly rigour with an ease of readability and clarity of presentation that will appeal to a broad audience." - Jenny Higgins, Newfoundland and Labrador Studies

• List of Images   ix Foreword by Melvin Baker   xi Acknowledgements   xv Abbreviations   xix 1. Introduction   1 The Newfoundland Forestry Companies, 1917–1919   7 Wartime Correspondence and the Letters of Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant John A. Barrett   33 John A. Barrett: A Short Biography   49 2. The Letters of Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant John A. Barrett, June 1917 to January 1919   53 3. Conclusion   251 Commemorating Those Who Served   256 The Newfoundland Forestry Companies and the Great War   259 Appendices Appendix A – The Newfoundland Forestry Companies: A Timeline   271 Appendix B – The Newfoundland Forestry Companies: The Nominal Roll   275 Appendix C – The Newfoundland Forestry Companies of the First World War by John A. Barrett   297 References   307 Index   325 About the Author   333