And in the Morning: Somme 1916

And in the Morning: Somme 1916 - Paperback

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by John Wilson (Author)

New York Public Library Selection
Stellar Book Award honour book
White pine Award honour book

"A compelling, fascinating, and ultimately disturbing book that is not to be missed." East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, MN

It's August, 1914 and Jim Hay thinks war is a glorious adventure. He can barely wait for his turn to fight, but as his father marches off to battle Jim must be content to record his thoughts and dreams in his journal. Amidst the war fever, Jim's home life suddenly becomes tragically complex and, when he does at last join up, it is as much to find a refuge as it is to seek glory. What Jim discovers in the trenches of France is enough to dispel any romantic view of the war. Soon his longing for adventure is replaced by a basic need to survive, and the final tragic outcome, as Kitchener's New Army goes into battle on July 1, 1916, is one he never could have imagined.

"Wilson brilliantly captures the thoughts, feelings, and naivete' of a young man caught up in a conflict he does not fully understand and is ill prepared to face. The format effectively draws readers into the narrative, and characterization is solid throughout. Historical anecdotes lend even more somber realism to the story. Jim's growth as a human being, his increasing self-awareness, and, especially, his shocking fate are not soon forgotten. A compelling, fascinating, and ultimately disturbing book that is not to be missed." Robert Gray, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, MN

"Although this novel focuses on World War I, it's a timely reflection on the realities of war that presents a powerful, timeless anti-war argument...the diary form lends immediacy and intimacy to the gripping story, which Wilson has based on actual diaries kept by members of the Highland Light Infantry." Connie Fletcher

The Caught in Conflict Collection is an imprint of fast-paced, historically accurate, morally-complex quick reads for Adults and Teens. In each of the titles the main character(s) (a Roman Legionary; a civilian in the Indian Mutiny; volunteers on both sides of the American Civil War; a Scottish soldier in WWI; a holidaymaker in Spain when the civil war breaks out there; and German and Russian soldiers in WWII), become enmeshed in conflicts immensely more complex than they anticipated and are faced with moral dilemmas that they never even imagined. The historical background to each of the dramas is extensively researched and the moral dilemmas are common to all human conflict.
Number of Pages: 156
Dimensions: 0.36 x 8 x 5 IN
Publication Date: May 31, 2023
ISBN9798223815433
Author John Wilson
PublisherJohn Wilson
GenreYoung adult
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2023
LanguageENG- English
Pages156
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults and Adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About John Wilson

Terry began his career in brass at age ten in the band of Tower Colliery in South Wales where his father worked as a miner. He was awarded a Glamorgan scholarship at age eighteen to study the French horn with Barry Tuckwell at the Royal Academy of music in London. Terry later became professor of horn at the Academy. He also conducted brass ensemble classes there, and was later appointed an associate. In the distinguished career that followed he was to become a member of the London Mozart players, the Royal Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra, always in demand for the leading brass ensembles such as the, Barry Tuckwell Horn quartet, the Jack Brymer Wind Soloists and the Philip Jones brass group. Terry composed, conducted, and arranged music for the RPO brass, LSO brass. He also composed the theme and incidental music for Harlech TV's The Pretenders; the orchestra being assembled from London's "session", community, and principals from the London orchestras, and conducted the recording sessions himself, at Abbey road studios. He was invited, by the actor Robert Hardy to arrange the final hymn, for the Rhos-Cwm Tawe male choir, and the solo trumpet of Maurice Murphy, at the memorial service for Richard Burton at the church of St. Martin in the fields Trafalgar square. He played as a member of the LSO, at the opening concert of the Barbican centre and at the Eightieth birthday concert of Aaron Copland, and as a studio player, in backing orchestras for many top performers such as Tony Bennet, Barbara Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Jack Jones, and Peggy Lee. He was a featured player in the orchestras of many world famous arrangers and composers, such as Henry Mancini, Billy May, Michel Legrand and Barry White's "Love Unlimited' orchestra. Terry also played on dozens of film soundtracks, including Battle of Britain, Diamonds are Forever, Superman, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and The Return of the Jedi where he can be heard playing the famous horn solo at the funeral of Darth Vader.

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