Old Enough to Fight: Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War (Signed copy)

Dan Black; John Boileau; Romeo Dallaire (Foreword)

ISBN 10: 1459409558 / ISBN 13: 9781459409552

Edité par Lorimer, Canada, 2015

A propos de cet article

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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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Old Enough to Fight: Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War (Signed copy)
• Éditeur: Lorimer, Canada
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1459409558
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781459409552
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Type de livre: Book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • military history

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Synopsis

Between 15,000 and 20,000 underage youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canada's armed forces in the First World War. They served in the trenches alongside their elders, and fought in all the major battles: Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, and the rest. Many were injured or suffered psychological wounds. Many died. This is the first book to tell their story.

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 Canadian military and social history at its most fascinating.

À propos des auteurs

DAN BLACK has written and edited hundreds of articles on Canada's military, past and present. He is the former editor of Legion Magazine. Dan lives outside of Ottawa.

JOHN BOILEAU is a retired Canadian army colonel and author of twelve books and 500 articles. He is a frequent commentator on military issues for radio and television and a lecturer to service organizations and historical societies. In 2010 the Minister of National Defence appointed him Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of The Halifax Rifles (RCAC) and in 2014 he became the unit's Honorary Colonel. He lives in Nova Scotia.