tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post2804894340669288281..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: Remembering Peregrine AclandBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-19740123136286019302014-03-13T16:30:13.555-04:002014-03-13T16:30:13.555-04:00Many thanks for the kind words. Here's hoping ...Many thanks for the kind words. Here's hoping that the new edition goes some way in returning Acland to public light. His is our Great Great War Novel.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-42217611689602625592014-03-10T12:30:34.815-04:002014-03-10T12:30:34.815-04:00Yes, it was Dundurn Press. I had pre-ordered a co...Yes, it was Dundurn Press. I had pre-ordered a copy and was very disappointed the publication was cancelled. VERY glad to hear it was merely postponed. Bravo on all your work and Mr. Calhoun's on Acland. I hope this publication helps him gain the wide audience he deserves. Nice to see the gravestone photos too. SLJanzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01332470378799880636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-41187212350257537252014-03-04T16:59:02.094-05:002014-03-04T16:59:02.094-05:00I had no idea. Thank you.
I wonder if the publish...I had no idea. Thank you.<br /><br />I wonder if the publisher you were thinking of is Dundurn. It had planned 2012 edition, with Intro by yours truly, but this was postponed. I'm pleased to report that it is currently in production with a June publication date. The new edition will feature the text of the book, of course, along with the aforementioned Intro dealing with Acland's life and work, both versions of his Great War poem 'The Reveille of Romance', and many previously unpublished photographs. My partner in this project is James Calhoun, the man behind the Field Punishment No. 1 blog. Here's hoping it and Project Gutenberg go some way in bringing Acland to the public's attention. Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-18709044541345292132014-03-04T15:28:50.484-05:002014-03-04T15:28:50.484-05:00Project Gutenberg Canada has just posted the Aclan...Project Gutenberg Canada has just posted the Acland novel, All Else is Folly. Just thought you'd like to know. A publisher had planned to release it in 2012, but cancelled, so it's grand to know it's available again. SLJanzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01332470378799880636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-73889680534086505102011-08-28T15:19:03.800-04:002011-08-28T15:19:03.800-04:00My thanks for this. I knew nothing of Peregrine Ac...My thanks for this. I knew nothing of Peregrine Acland's juvenilia - and am happy to see that this story is so easily accessible! For some time now, I've been meaning to look into Acland's fonds, but Glassco has always get in the way (as you likely know, they place a limit on how much material one can request at any one time). Now that work on Glassco has well and truly been put to rest, I must get to it. Next trip to Ottawa, I expect.<br /><br />I wonder whether you'd mind emailing me:<br /><br />brianjohnbusby@gmail.com<br /><br />Again, many thanks.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-47353330147645959442011-08-28T08:18:15.527-04:002011-08-28T08:18:15.527-04:00I came across your posts while seeking biographica...I came across your posts while seeking biographical information on Acland. I've been intrigued by All Else is Folly for years and happen to own one of the Canadian first editions from McClelland and Stewart. You may be interested to know that at age 16, Acland published a short story entitled "Larry's Lope" in the Canadian Magazine. It's on p. 599 in the April 1907 issue which is available in full text on the Internet Archive. "Larry's Lope" is of small literary interest on its own, although its tale of rough-and-tumble cowpunchers would seem an origin for the opening chapters of All Else is Folly.<br /><br />One other thing: Archives Canada has a small fonds on Acland. Here's a link: http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=1149011692062_206_191_57_196&l=0&lvl=1&v=0&coll=1&itm=261937&rt=1&bill=1 <br /><br />Cheers and thanksPeter Webbnoreply@blogger.com