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Paperback The Roosting Box: Rebuilding the Body After the First World War Book

ISBN: 1773103261

ISBN13: 9781773103266

The Roosting Box: Rebuilding the Body After the First World War

Shortlisted, Toronto Book Awards

"A hospital ... is like a roosting box: a communal space that provides ideal but temporary shelter for the] vulnerable."

In the aftermath of the First World War, a cash register factory in the west end of Toronto was renovated to treat wounded soldiers returning from war. From 1919 to the 1940s, thousands of soldiers passed through its doors. Some spent the remainder of their lives there.

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