And No Birds Sang (War Library) [Import] [Paperback]

Farley Mowat (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Anthony Mott Ltd; New Ed edition (July 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0907746373
• ISBN-13: 978-0907746379
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Anti-War War Read, October 31, 2002

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C. Rule "coltman1" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: And No Birds Sang (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was a great surprise for me. I picked it up at a local library because I saw the name Mowat and thought, "Funny, Isn't he a Canadian naturalist? What's he doing in the History section?" What followed was a fascinating voyage of war,adventure,hilarity and,ultimately,tragedy and pain. Walking into the experience of WWII with a completely innocent demeanor, anxious to get into a fight, this brilliant writer has many funny and almost fatal false starts. When the fighting gets serious, the glib descriptions of his units treacherous challenges are positively riveting. I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN. If you like your war personal, exciting and honest, get this book to a comfortable chair and be prepared to not move for a night and a day. A brilliant book by a Canadian national treasure.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF WAR, June 9, 2005

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D. Blankenship (The Ozarks) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: And No Birds Sang (The Farley Mowat Series) (Paperback)

This is a much overlooked classic now days. Mr. Mowat has given us a vivid first hand account of his expierences during WWII and this book ranks at the top of such works. Not only do we get a first hand view of the actual fighting (found in many/most accounts), but we also see the other side of the war. The horrible loneliness and boredom. Mr. Mowat is an acute observer of human nature, something he uses with a cutting edge in this book. For this amature historian of this period, and those just passingly interested, this is a good read and I highly recommend it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Careful and accurate reporting, August 4, 2005

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Kurt Martin "kurt wallace" (Russian Hill, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: And No Birds Sang (The Farley Mowat Series) (Paperback)

Mowat developed into a fine writer, and you can see that he was destined to record his generation's fight with the Germans. He's that classic "writer guy" immortalized in so many books and movies.

Unlike most of those, he is utterly real, and thus, believable. The result is that the non-battle portions of the book are just as gripping as the battle scenes, and there are plenty of fine examples of both.

When his unit is sent to scale the cliffs behind the Germans, it is fabulous reading. I had never heard of the assault on Assoro, so following Mowat as he leads the men climbing up the cliff, I had no idea how it would come out.

It's better than fiction - as it should be. I'm now going on to read more Mowat!