{"product_id":"one-lucky-devil-the-first-world-war-memoirs-of-sampson-j-goodfellow-paperback-1","title":"One Lucky Devil: The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSampson J. Goodfellow\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEdward Willett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Scotland, Sampson J. Goodfellow emigrated to Toronto as a child. Like many young Canadian men, he returned to Europe to serve his new country in the First World War, first as a truck driver, then as a navigator on Handley Page bombers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver a span of just six years, Sam witnessed Canada's deadliest-ever tornado, sparred with world-champion lightweight boxers, survived seasickness and submarines, came under artillery fire at Vimy Ridge, was bombed by German aircraft while unloading shells at an ammunition dump at Passchendaele, joined the Royal Flying Corps, was top of his class in observer school, became a navigator, faced a court-martial for allegedly shooting up the King's horse-breeding stables, survived being shot down by anti-aircraft fire, was captured at bayonet point and interrogated, became a prisoner of war in Germany . . and, in the midst of all that, got engaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sam was listed as missing, the family of his fiancée went to a fortuneteller for news of his fate. \"You couldn't kill that devil,\" she told them. \"He is alive and trying to escape.\" She was right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a sharp eye, a keen mind, a strong body, and an acerbic tongue, Sam survived, as one RAF officer put it when he returned to England after the Armistice, \"enough to be dead several times.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You have been through hell,\" a military doctor told him, \"and you have been very lucky as a soldier and airman.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSampson J. Goodfellow really was \"one lucky devil.\" This is his story, in his own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAMPSON J. GOODFELLOW was an engineer, inventor and First World War veteran. Born in Scotland in 1892, he immigrated to Canada in 1902. He grew up in Toronto, where he apprenticed as a machinist. He worked briefly in Regina, Saskatchewan (where he was a member of the Regina Rugby Club, forerunners to today's Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club of the Canadian Football League), before returning to Toronto to attend Toronto Technical School.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe enlisted in the Canadian Army and served as truck driver in France before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, becoming a navigator on a Handley Page bomber. Shot down over German territory, he finished the war in a POW camp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the war, he became engaged to Anne Owen (Nancy) Ridgway; they were married on January 2, 1919, and returned to Regina, where Sam worked in machine engineering, eventually becoming president of Western Machine and Engineering. He and his wife were great patrons of the arts in their adopted city. Late in life, in honour of his work as an inventor, businessman, and philanthropist, Sam received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Regina. Nancy died in 1974; Sam died in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDWARD WILLETT is the author of more than sixty books of science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction for readers of all ages. \u003ci\u003eMarseguro\u003c\/i\u003e (DAW Books) won the Aurora Award (honouring Canadian science fiction and fantasy) for Best Long-Form Work in English; his young adult fantasy \u003ci\u003eSpirit Singer\u003c\/i\u003e won a Saskatchewan Book Award. Several other of his books have been shortlisted for those and other awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd's most recent novel is the far-future humorous outer-space adventure \u003ci\u003eThe Tangled Stars\u003c\/i\u003e (DAW Books). Other recent titles include \u003ci\u003eStar Song\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for both the Aurora Award and Saskatchewan Book Award for Young Adult Literature, published by Shadowpaw Press; \u003ci\u003eBlue Fire\u003c\/i\u003e (written as E.C. Blake), also from Shadowpaw Press; and the Worldshapers series (\u003ci\u003eWorldshaper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaster of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Moonlit World\u003c\/i\u003e) from DAW. His nonfiction runs the gamut from science books to biographies to history. He hosts Aurora Award-winning podcast \u003ci\u003eThe Worldshapers\u003c\/i\u003e podcast (theworldshapers.com), in which he talks to other science fiction and fantasy authors about their creative process, and has Kickstarted several \u003ci\u003eShapers of Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies featuring guests of the podcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to being a writer, Ed is a professional actor and singer who has performed in numerous plays, musicals, and operas, and sung in several auditioned choirs, including the Canadian Chamber Choir. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan, with his wife, Margaret Anne Hodges, P. Eng., a past president of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. They have one daughter, Alice, and a black Siberian cat, Shadowpaw. You can find Ed online at www.edwardwillett.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46718074126533,"sku":"9781999382766","price":30.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/1KUWvRvvj-9781999382766_1b010110-c85c-4d4b-94cb-65240c724e51.webp?v=1786584010","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/one-lucky-devil-the-first-world-war-memoirs-of-sampson-j-goodfellow-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}