In Flanders Fields

About this film

LibriVox recording of In Flanders Fields by John McCrae. Read in English by AdeledePignerolles; Algy Pug; Bruce Kachuk; Chris Pyle; Greg Giordano; Ian King; Julia Niedermaier; Lee Ann Howlett; bean420; Leonard Wilson; MaryAnn; Piotr Nater; Rosslyn Carlyle; Rachel; and Winston Tharp. Librivox volunteers bring you fifteen readings of In Flanders Fields, one of the more famous poems written during the First World War. John McCrae was a poet and physician from Guelph, Ontario. His close friend, Alexis Helmer, was killed during the battle on May 2. McCrae performed the burial service himself, at which time he noted how poppies quickly grew around the graves of those who died at Ypres. The next day, he composed the poem while sitting in the back of an ambulance. Summary by Rachel, adapted from Wikipedia For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (8MB)

Directors & creators

John McCrae

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;World War I; WWI; war; First World War; World War One; poppies; flanders

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