Birds in the Second World War: We Also Serve

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, Nicholas, author.

Contributor:

Packham, Chris, Author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC 2022

Summary:

A love of birds has always been an important part of the British way of life but in wartime birds came into their own, helping to define our national identity. Watching Birds was published in 1940 while songs like Therell be Bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover epitomized the blitz spirit. Birds even featured in wartime propaganda movies like the 1941 classic The First of the Few starring Leslie Howard where they inspired the design of the Spitfire. Matthew Rankin and Eric Duffey counted seabirds while looking for U-boats. Tom Harrisson, the mastermind behind Mass Observation, watched people as if they were birds while POW Guy Madoc wrote a truly unique book on Malayan birds, typed on paper stolen from the Japanese commandants office. This book is the story of how ornithology helped to win the war.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781526794178

1526794179

9781526794154

1526794152

OCLC:

1430658251