Barbed Wire Ballads

School Aids and Text Book Publishing Co., Ltd., 1945

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Details

Year of publication

1945

Place of printing

Canada

Author

Melville, Lieut. Tom (Scotty)

Publishers

School Aids and Text Book Publishing Co., Ltd.

Size

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Edition

Second Printing

Keyword

Barbed Wire Ballads Poetry POW Prisoners of War Canadian Army, 16th Battalion 43d 43rd Oflag VII, B Germany Camp Pipe Band of Oflag VII, B Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B Queen's, Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada South Saskatchewan Regiment, Poetry Military Canadian History

Binding description

S Paperback

State of preservation

Good

Languages

English

Binding

Softcover

First edition

Description

62 pages. Presents thirty-one ballads penned by a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany's Oflag VII/B during WWII ".in the belief that they may be of some interest to the folks in Canada, and that our friends at home may get some inkling of the things we do and the things we think about behind the old barbed wire." - page 3. Ominous cover art depicts large Nazi boot treading on silhouette of POW behind barbed wire. Reproduction of the author's POW photo on page 6. Photo of the Pipe Band of Oflag VII/B on page 30 includes Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B on page 62. Dedicated to the men of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, and the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Laid-in is an undated WWII news clipping entitled Poem Found on Body of Unknown Soldier. Prior owner's name stroked out atop first leaf. Average wear. Binding sound. A sombre WWII memento. Book

ISBN: B01B2KWKMC