William Heinemann, Toronto, 1941, 1^st Canadian Edition.  Soft cover, 74 pages.  Good; wraps show edge and cover wear, some age toning; binding sound; some corner and reading creases.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages and occasional age spot.  ‘This book of true stories was written for the people of Britain in the hope that it would bring courage and strength to them in a time of crisis.  The book was published on the 15^th of August, 1940, the famous date of threatened invasion when every man, woman and child in the Kingdom stood waiting tense and expectant for the blow to fall.’ (from “A Word to Canada”)