| Summary: | The twenty five volumes in this series differ in composition between two diary formats: the first format is that of an unbroken narrative of events in the life of the author, Howard Leopold Morry, or of the history of the community in which he was born and raised, Ferryland, Newfoundland; the second format is that of a conventional daily diary reporting on events of the day, including the weather and sea conditions, the ups and downs in the fishery, births, marriages and deaths of family, friends and neighbours, and newsworthy events at the local, national and international level. None of the 25 volumes are actually all of one format or the other. They all contain a larger or smaller component of each form of diary. The current volume is in large measure comprised of reminiscences. In the first nine pages, Howard is either retelling events of his own youth or anecdotes of Ferryland before he was born that were told to him and which he is passing on to readers without judging the credibility of the stories. He also takes time to acquaint his reader with terms common in Newfoundland in the past but seldom heard in this day. Although this section was dated July 12, 1957, the information imparted was not specific to that time period. Then, there is a section dated August 3, 1957, but which Howard could have written at any time in his life. In this, the largest part of this diary, some 92 pages, Howard returns to familiar territory – his experiences overseas in WWI. This section replicates in very close, but not exact, detail his account of his war experiences in the first four volumes of this series. It also mirrors a third complete account of his war experiences which is found in another diary written at almost exactly the same time as this one. It will be published as another volume in this series. Comparing these three accounts will allow the reader to piece together a more complete story of Howard’s WWI experiences from the bits and pieces contained in them that differ from one another. At first it may seem ...
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