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And No Birds Sang
And No Birds Sang
Author: Farley Mowat
Turned away from the Royal Canadian Air Force for his apparent youth and frailty, Farley Mowat joined the infantry in 1940. The young second lieutenant soon earned the trust of the soldiers under his command, and was known to bend army rules to secure a stout drink, or find warm ? if nonregulation ? clothing. But when Mowat and his regiment enga...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781771000307
ISBN-10: 1771000309
Publication Date: 8/26/2012
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Called "Mowat's finest work" by Time Magazine, he shares his own personal war story of his experience in Italy during the invasion of WWII. Candid and honest in his observations, he shares both the absurdities and horrors of war in such a captivating account that the reader feels as though he is walking along side him at times. One would never know, from his other works, that he had endured such an ordeal and seen such horrors.


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