Funny how one's thoughts proceed and meander. After reading Euan's post about Julian Lennon's new book, I looked up Julian's White Feather Foundation, which led to a link indicating that white feathers at one time were considered a symbol of cowardice, etc., etc, and that led me to this book, which I'm very much looking forward to reading. I also recently read in a novel that some European soldiers in WWII were only 15 years of age, which made my eyes immediately fill with tears, thinking of my own son at that age. (I'm getting teary-eyed again just typing this.) I know that wasn't new, that, as just one example, in the Civil War the South sent boys that age, and even younger, to battle, but it hits harder now.
Anyway, the book: