Breaking the Silence: Untold Veterans' Stories from the Great War to Afghanistan - Hardcover

Barris, Ted

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0887624650 ISBN 13: 9780887624650

Publisher: Thomas Allen Pub, 2009

Synopsis

Never talked about it.

About this title

About the Author:

Ted Barris is an accomplished author, journalist and broadcaster. As well as hosting stints on CBC Radio and regular contributions to The Globe and Mail, the National Post, and various national magazines, he is a full-time professor of journalism at Centennial College in Toronto. Barris has authored fifteen non-fiction books, including the national bestsellers Victory at Vimy and Juno.

Review:

“The prolific Ted Barris has etched a name for himself as one of Canada’s foremost popular historians....While still giving voice to the veterans who experiences the hell, horror and humanity of war, Barris weaves the story of getting the story into the mix....Barris is a natural storyteller. Whether he is bringing a veteran’s exploits to life or detailing his own experiences, Breaking the Silence is an entertaining and informative read.” (Globe and Mail)

“The seed of this book, like several others Barris has written, is rooted in a deeply personal...oral history.” (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)

“[...Barris] is arguably Canada’s preeminent chronicler of the ordinary and extraordinary experiences of soldiers in wartime and their struggles afterward.” (Winnipeg Free Press)

“The prolific Ted Barris has etched a name for himself as one of Canada’s foremost popular historians.... Barris is a natural storyteller.... Breaking the Silence is an entertaining and informative read.” (Scott Taylor, author of Unembedded: Two Decades of Maverick War Reporting)

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Allen Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0887624650
• ISBN 13: 9780887624650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320