Project Gutenberg 2011-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 47 Mackay, Angus 1864 1923 Dhu, Oscar By Trench and Trail in Song and Story Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Linda Cantoni, Bryan Ness, Emmy, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) "By Trench and Trail in Song and Story" by Angus Mackay is a collection of poetry and songs written in the early 20th century. The work appears to capture the experiences and sentiments of Canadian soldiers and lumberjacks, reflecting on themes of patriotism, love, personal struggles, and the harsh realities of life during wartime. A notable aspect is the dialect used in the lyrics, which adds authenticity to the voices represented in the poems. The opening of the collection introduces the reader to Mackay's perspective as he acknowledges the widespread appreciation of his songs from the camps across North America to the battlefields in Europe. He expresses a heartfelt connection to the lumberjacks and soldiers, emphasizing their importance in the fabric of society during the war. The introduction sets the tone for a work that intertwines personal experiences with broader social themes, creating a connection between the reader, the poet, and the subjects of his verse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Canadian poetry PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 204148 203863 2024-10-16T03:32:47.561756 2023-09-16T10:08:19.839706 text/html text/html 210315 2011-09-22T16:56:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 455141 2011-09-22T16:59:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 545290 2024-10-16T03:33:01.481675 application/epub+zip 545556 2024-10-16T03:32:53.380774 application/epub+zip 139798 2024-10-16T03:32:50.630746 application/epub+zip 957649 2024-10-16T03:33:05.413673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 911085 2024-10-16T03:32:58.393734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252336 2022-09-17T08:01:39.562131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146828 146599 2024-10-16T03:32:46.259783 2023-09-16T10:08:18.581682 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 146515 2011-09-22T16:52:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 58199 2011-09-22T16:52:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18960 2024-10-16T03:33:05.556643 application/rdf+xml 14780 2024-10-16T03:32:51.222758 image/jpeg 3455 2024-10-16T03:32:50.923714 image/jpeg 540813 2024-10-16T03:32:47.599767 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog