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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 non-regulation—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—and his moving account of military service, and the friends he left behind, is also a plea for peace. It is one of the most searing and unforgettable World War II memoirs from any Canadian.
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Farley Mowat is a Canadian author and environmentalist. His works have been translated into fifty-two languages and he has sold more than seventeen million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian North, such as People of the Deer and Never Cry Wolf. The latter, an account of his experiences with wolves in the Arctic, was made into a film, and was released in 1983.
Dean Gallagher is a skilled narrator who has lent his voice to the works of a number of the world’s most celebrated authors, including Aurelio F. Barreto III, Eric Parks, and Gary Thomas. His audiobook credits include What a Difference a Mom Makes, and Heaven Is for Real. He has been doing audio recordings since early 2009, and is a trained actor who has been performing in professional productions for the past 20 years.