{"product_id":"9781459411739","title":"XToo Young to Die: Canada's Boy Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in the Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn 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 \u003cem\u003eOld Enough to Fight\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeticulously researched and extensively illustrated with photographs, personal documents and specially commissioned maps, \u003cem\u003eToo Young to Die\u003c\/em\u003e provides a touching and fascinating perspective on the Canadian experience in the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the individuals whose stories are told:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKen Ewing, at age sixteen taken prisoner at Hong Kong and then a teenager in a Japanese prisoner of war camp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRalph Frayne, so determined to fight that he enlisted in the army, navy and Merchant Navy all before the age of seventeen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Boulanger, at age eighteen the youngest Canadian to die on the Dieppe beaches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"James Lorimer \u0026 Company Ltd., Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163007598832,"sku":"9781459411739","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459411739_p0.jpg?v=1763871830","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459411739","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}