By: Wilson, Jason / Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Price: $24.07 CAD
Publisher:
Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press / WLUP, 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2012
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 156187
ISBN: 1554588448
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Near Fine (see description)
-----------trade paperback, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, likely unread, 239 pages, b&w photos, ---"The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of Wayne and Shuster and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells?concert parties made up of fighting soldiers?were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit, or pass as a “lady,” were taken from the line and put onstage for the benefit of their soldier-audiences. The intent was to bolster morale and thereby help s...
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