Ernest Diss is the unknowing author of this book. Because he was a bit of a showman, he would be pleased to have his letters read and appreciated a century later.He immigrated to C...показать большеErnest Diss is the unknowing author of this book. Because he was a bit of a showman, he would be pleased to have his letters read and appreciated a century later.He immigrated to Canada at the age of fourteen. It speaks very well of his mother's tutelage that his descriptions of the world around him are so complete and well written. Perhaps that ability comes from his wide and varied experiences in the first twenty-eight years of his life before enlisting.Ernest does an excellent job of sharing his life with Amy. So much so, that she falls in love with him, agrees to marry him, and leaves her family to move to British Columbia.показать меньше