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And No Birds Sang

by Farley Mowat

A naturalist’s account of infantry service

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A naturalist’s account of infantry service

Farley Mowat’s account begins with his enlistment in the infantry after the Royal Canadian Air Force turned him away, then follows his experience as a young officer and the soldiers who served under him. The narrative’s focus shifts from the regiment’s early optimism to its engagement with German forces in the mountains of Sicily. Mowat brings a naturalist’s attention to his view of war, connecting military service with the friends he left behind. The book presents those experiences as both a record of wartime loss and an appeal for peace.

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  • Readers interested in Farley Mowat’s military service and biography.
  • Readers seeking personal accounts of infantry service in the Second World War.
  • Readers interested in books that connect wartime experience with an appeal for peace.

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Military serviceComradeshipWar and lossPeaceNaturalist perspective

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Book overview

Turned away from the Royal Canadian Air Force for his apparent youth and frailty, Farley Mowat joined the infantry in 1940. The young second lieutenant soon earned the trust of the soldiers under his command, and was known to bend army rules to secure a stout drink, or find warm -- if nonregulation -- clothing. But when Mowat and his regiment engaged with elite German forces in the mountains of Sicily, the optimism of their early days as soldiers was replaced by despair. With a naturalist's eyes and ears, Mowat takes in the full dark depths of war; his moving account of military service, and the friends he left behind, is also a plea for peace.

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