And No Birds Sang, Mowat, Farley. Published by McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1979. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 250pp. Maroon boards with gilt spine titles, maroon endpapers. In fine, unread condition in fine jacket with very light shelf wear.
In July 1942, Farley Mowat was an eager young infantryman bound for Europe and impatient for combat. This powerful, true account of the action he saw, fighting desperately to push the Nazis out of Italy, evokes the terrible reality of war with an honesty and clarity fiction can only imitate. In scene after unforgettable scene, he describes the agony and antic humor of the soldier’s the tedium of camp life, the savagery of the front, and the camaraderie shared by those who have been bloodied in battle.
Farley McGill Mowat, OC (1921-2014), was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books.
