| Too Young to Die: Canada's Boy Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in the Second World War Contributor(s): Black, Dan (Author), Boileau, John (Author), de Chastelain, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1459411722 ISBN-13: 9781459411722 Publisher: Lorimer OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
| Dewey: 940.530 |
| LCCN: 2017394094 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.72 lbs) 488 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Boileau and Dan Black tell the stories of some of the 30,000 underage youths -- some as young as fourteen -- who joined the Canadian Armed Forces in the Second World War. This is the companion volume to the authors'' popular 2013 book Old Enough to Fight about boy soldiers in the First World War. Like their predecessors a generation before, these boys managed to enlist despite their youth. Most went on to face action overseas in what would become the deadliest military conflict in human history.They enlisted for a myriad of personal reasons -- ranging from the appeal of earning regular pay after the unemployment and poverty of the Depression to the desire to avenge the death of a brother or father killed overseas. Canada's boy soldiers, sailors and airmen saw themselves contributing to the war effort in a visible, meaningful way, even when that meant taking on very adult risks and dangers of combat.Meticulously researched and extensively illustrated with photographs, personal documents and specially commissioned maps, Too Young to Die provides a touching and fascinating perspective on the Canadian experience in the Second World War.Among the individuals whose stories are told: Ken Ewing, at age sixteen taken prisoner at Hong Kong and then a teenager in a Japanese prisoner of war campRalph Frayne, so determined to fight that he enlisted in the army, navy and Merchant Navy all before the age of seventeenRobert Boulanger, at age eighteen the youngest Canadian to die on the Dieppe beache |
Contributor Bio(s): Boileau, John: - JOHN BOILEAU is a retired Canadian army colonel and author of twelve books and 500 articles. He is a frequent commentator on military issues for radio and television and a lecturer to service organizations and historical societies. In 2010 the Minister of National Defence appointed him Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of The Halifax Rifles (RCAC) and in 2014 he became the unit's Honorary Colonel. He lives in Nova Scotia. Black, Dan: -DAN BLACK has written and edited hundreds of articles on Canada's military, past and present. He is the former editor of Legion Magazine. Dan lives outside of Ottawa. de Chastelain, John: -GENERAL JOHN de CHASTELAIN is a former Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces and an ambassador to the United States. Black, Dan: -DAN BLACK has written and edited hundreds of articles on Canada's military, past and present. He is the former editor of Legion Magazine. Dan lives outside of Ottawa. |