Winner of the 2020 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award • Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction
A memoir from the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada.
Kate Armstrong was an ordinary young woman eager to leave an abusive childhood behind her when she became the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada. As she struggled for survival in the ultimate boys’ club, she called on her fierce and humourous spirit to push back against the whims of a domineering and patriarchal organization. Later in life, feeling unfulfilled in her post-military career, she realized that finding her true path forward meant she had to go back to the beginning and revisit the truth of what she had experienced all those years ago.
“Incredibly engaging and moving. Armstrong deftly handles the tough and challenging moments (and there are many) as well as humorous ones. Great read from beginning-to-end.” — Timothy Caulfield, author of The Cure for Everything
A memoir from the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada.
Kate Armstrong was an ordinary young woman eager to leave an abusive childhood behind her when she became the first female cadet admitted to the Royal Military College of Canada. As she struggled for survival in the ultimate boys’ club, she called on her fierce and humourous spirit to push back against the whims of a domineering and patriarchal organization. Later in life, feeling unfulfilled in her post-military career, she realized that finding her true path forward meant she had to go back to the beginning and revisit the truth of what she had experienced all those years ago.
“Incredibly engaging and moving. Armstrong deftly handles the tough and challenging moments (and there are many) as well as humorous ones. Great read from beginning-to-end.” — Timothy Caulfield, author of The Cure for Everything
Authors
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- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 355.0071171372
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781459744066 9781459744059
- LCCN
- U444.K5
- LCCN Item number
- R1 2019eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (299 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00978781 (OCoLC)1080217369 (CaOOCEL)479727
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- PREFACE 13
- ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGEOF CANADA 17
- Chapter 1: BRACE FOR SHOCK 19
- Chapter 2: BREAKFAST 30
- Chapter 3: THE STONE BOAT 35
- Chapter 4: PANIC 46
- Chapter 5: PICKLES 55
- Chapter 6: MADNESS 59
- Chapter 7: ACADEMICS 66
- Chapter 8: LCWB 76
- Chapter 9: SHOULD I STAY ORSHOULD I GO? 83
- Chapter 10: THE BET 93
- Chapter 11: SKYLARKS 98
- Chapter 12: DOGGIE NIGHT 105
- Chapter 13: OBSTACLE COURSE 113
- Chapter 14: SWEATS 121
- Chapter 15: REGULAR LIFE 129
- Chapter 16: GREET THE MEAT 136
- Chapter 17: HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN 145
- Chapter 18: THE BOSS 153
- Chapter 19: FATHER-SON TIME 165
- Chapter 20: MY CHANCE 170
- Chapter 21: BLINDSIDED 174
- Chapter 22: ALREADY DONE 180
- Chapter 23: DISHONOURABLEINTENTIONS 184
- Chapter 24: DON’T GET CAUGHT 188
- Chapter 25: ON CHARGE 196
- Chapter 26: SECOND CHANCES 206
- Chapter 27: BILL AND ALFIE’S 213
- Chapter 28: BAN THE SWEATS 218
- Chapter 29: CAUGHT 222
- Chapter 30: CHOPPED LIVER ROW 229
- Chapter 31: HERMIT 235
- Chapter 32: TIME OUT 239
- Chapter 33: SECRETS 246
- Chapter 34: KING EDWARD 250
- Chapter 35: POSTER CHILD 259
- Chapter 36: REALITY CHECK 265
- Chapter 37: TIGERS 268
- Chapter 38: CHERISHED 274
- Chapter 39: GRADUATION 282
- EPILOGUE 289
- ACKNOWLE DGEMENTS 300
- MORE GREAT BOOKS FROM DUNDURN 303
- Book Credits 306