About this title: 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 ...
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. PB: light wear, creases, tiny tear on lower spine, stamp, age discoloration. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: 196pp. paperback: Very Good [text is lightly age browned; else VG] One of the great memoirs of the Second World War recounting a young man's coming of age during the Sicilian and Italian campaigns. Popular Canadian writer Mowat (b. 1921) served from 1940-45 in the Canadian army, rising from private to captain, and has become a notable pacifist during the past half century. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown
Date Published: 1980-01
ISBN-13:9780316586955ISBN:0316586951
Description: Good. Ex-library copy with typical markings and attachments. Binding is tight and square. Some staining on DJ and few pages in book. Text is clean and bright. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co,, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780316586955ISBN:0316586951
Description: Good. RELIABLE library withdrawal. The front cover has a forward lean in the plastic, protective cover. Stamped at the page edge with a card pocket page on the inside. The card pocket has been removed from the inside leaving a mark. Light scuff to the plastic cover. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: Fourth Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Seal Books, Toronto
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780770422370ISBN:0770422373
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Very good clean flat paperback with only very light overall wear. pages clean and unmarked. nice copy! read more
"An account of a Canadian soldier's experience during World War II. Emotional difficult to read. Should be required reading for all adults along with Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers."
"An excellent book. I don't understand why this book isn't as widely heralded as his more famous works. Farley Mowat is a Canadian treasure and a superb author, and this book demonstrates his immense worth as well as any."
"probably the best written personal account of WWII. seeing the effect it had on the author (he spent most of the rest of his life away from other human beings, see: never cry wolf)makes it all the more painful to read. intensely written, vividly descriptive, heartbreaking and chaotic. i will never get the final images out of my head. highly recommended."
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