And no birds sang / Farley Mowat.

By:

Mowat, Farley

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Vancouver, BC : Douglas & McIntyre, 2012.Description: 237 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781771000307 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Memoirs.

Summary: 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 non-regulation - clothing. But when Mowat and his regiment engaged with elite German forces in the mountains of Sicily, the optimism of their early days as soldiers was replaced by despair. With a naturalist's eyes and ears, Mowat takes in the full dark depths of war - and his moving account of military service.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Pathways	FIC MOW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		i0000000068080
Books	Pathways	FIC MOW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Checked out	06/09/2025	i0000000068072

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Originally published in 1975.

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 non-regulation - clothing. But when Mowat and his regiment engaged with elite German forces in the mountains of Sicily, the optimism of their early days as soldiers was replaced by despair. With a naturalist's eyes and ears, Mowat takes in the full dark depths of war - and his moving account of military service.

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