Old Enough to Fight: Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War (Signed copy)
Dan Black; John Boileau; Romeo Dallaire (Foreword)
Language: English
Published by Lorimer, Canada, 2015
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9781459409552. Softcover. Not ex. library. 448 pages, notes, biblio, index, illustrated with b/w photographs and 16 maps. Thousands of underage youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canada's armed forces in the First World War. SIGNED and dedicated by John Boileau on the title page. They served in the trenches alongside their elders, and fought in all the major battles. Contents clean, tight and bright.
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- Title
- Old Enough to Fight: Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War (Signed copy)
- Author
- Dan Black; John Boileau; Romeo Dallaire (Foreword)
- Publisher
- Lorimer, Canada
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1459409558
- ISBN 13
- 9781459409552
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- military history
Some boys joined up to escape unhappy homes and workplaces. Others went with their parents' blessing, carrying letters from fathers and mothers asking the recruiters to take their eager sons. The romantic notion of a short, victorious campaign was wiped out the second these boys arrived on the Western Front. The authors, who narrate the fighting with both military professionalism and humanity, portray many boys who, in the heat of battle, made a seamless transition from follower to leader to hero.
Authors Dan Black and John Boileau combed the archives and collections to bring these stories to life. Passages from letters the boy soldiers wrote home reveal the range of emotions and experiences they underwent, from the humorous to the unspeakably horrible. Their parents' letters touch us with their concern, love, uncertainty, and often, grief. Meticulously researched and abundantly illustrated with photographs, paintings, and a collection of specially commissioned maps, Old Enough to Fight is military and social history at its most fascinating.
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About the Author
Dan Black has written and edited hundreds of articles on Canadas military, past and present. He is the former editor of Legion Magazine. Dan lives outside of Ottawa.
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