Harvest of Courage Author:Eileen Ramsay Blissfully happy in the Forfarshire countryside of her birth, Mairi McGloughlin was content to marry a farmer's son, provide for his domestic needs, and play her small part in the cycle of the seasons. For those close to her, however, the times were not so blessed. — Denied the opportunities his intelligence deserves, Mairi's brother Ian works o... more »n the family farm, thrilled but envious of the academic progress made by his best friend Robin Morrison. With the outbreak of the Great War, two young men could not react more differently. When Robin's romantic spirit is crushed in the horror of Ypres, and Ian, a conscientious objector, sees the world in ways he had never dreamed, Mairi is left to muse upon her future in a world of sudden uncertainty.
And as Mairi works the land at home, harvesting continues across the fields of France -- the harvesting of human lives...« less