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Old Enough to Fight - Canada'S Boy Soldiers in the First World War (Paperback)
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Old Enough to Fight - Canada'S Boy Soldiers in the First World War (Paperback)
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List price R492
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Discovery Miles 3 960
You Save R96 (20%)
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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 military and social history at its most fascinating.
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