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And No Birds Sang [Paperback]


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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Coming of age during a world war July 30 1997
By A Customer
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Farley Mowat has entertained many readers like me for many years with lots of books. His story of his life as a soldier during WW 2 comes as no surprise. Now it is fashionable in America to talk of post traumatic stress disorder but the same conditions have existed on every battlefield from the beginning of time. Mowat vividly brings them to life as many writers of wartime do. This is an intensly personal and moving story and should be required reading for every 17 year old itching to go into the army. The title is especially evocative since Mowat is a naturalist and everywhere he goes, he looks for local birds. In spite of being in an exotic place, he would collect no new species there
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic retelling of a Canadians life in WWII Dec 10 2004
By Woman Pleaser
Format:Paperback
I bought this book almost in a state of doubt. I had seen the name Farley Mowat and automatically assumed it was a good piece of writing as is most if not all of his other pieces of work. He is perhaps one if not the best Canadian writer ever to pick up a pen and paper. And after reading this book, i quickly realized why.

I had been searching for a book that could possibly inform and educate me on a Canadian's standpoint of the second world war. I quickly realized that I had picked out a good book. It puts you in the mind of a young man reaching adulthood and as had every other young man at the time, had his mind set in joining his fellow Canadians and Allies in the battle. This mindframe had been to be fairly excited and actually happy to go to the frontlines. As it had obviously not been programmed to the unfortunate reality of the war itself. Farley Mowat tells a great and wonderful story of his life before and during the timeline of the Canadian military's part in the war itself. Whether it was the obvious anxiety of waiting to be shipped overseas to the frontlines, or the brutal and graphic reality of the battle itself, Mowat unveils a true and dramtically emotional story of World War II.

Myself I was seaching for a book such as this one. It retold the historically correct graphic and terrifying nature of war, more specifically that of the Second World War. I know that one such as myself will never know and hopefully never experience the reality of war but, I can honestly say that I have infinite gratitude and thanks for those who fought for our freedom. All in all, a WONDERFUL book and I highly recommend it to any Farley Mowat fans or anyone who likes great historical literature. I just cannot seem to express how great of a book this really was. Hope you like it too!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to Put Down. Jan 17 2011
By CosmoRoxy
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Without a doubt, this book is the best written account of a
Canadian soldier's exploits in WW 2.
It holds your interest right from the start, when as a young man
he enlists in the Canadian armed forces as a "glamorous adventure", and continues to hold your interest to the very end, when as a
combat veteran he realizes that war is no game - it's a dirty,
bloody, horrifying business.
He takes you along for the ride : you are there in the midst of
the carnage & madness they call war. A visceral experience you
won't soon forget.
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