Private Peat

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PRIVATE PEAT
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PRIVATE PEAT
IF the United States went to war what would you do? someone recently asked Private Peat.  The United States is my adopted country, said Mr. Peat.  Should she declare war tomorrow I would do just what I did when my native Canada entered the World War.  I joined up the day after war was declared.  And if the United States got into a war I should be the first to volunteer.

When the war broke out, Peat was a slim, vivacious lad, laughing at life and lusting for adventure.  At the first call of his country he plunged into the crucible of the Western Front and was baptized in war's concentrated hell.  Wounded so grievously it seemed beyond the bounds of possibility for him to crawl back to life, through sheer pluck he did come back.  And he came back with the fighting smile that made him famous.

Private Peat has visualized the drama of war as few other soldiers have done.  He gets over to his public his own flaming impressions of war gained from actual experiences.  He tells his story simply, clearly, but with a dynamic vitality that sweeps through his audience like an electric thrill.



THE PEAT LECTURES

It's a Long Way to Tipperary.
Private Peat is a soldier, who speaks from experience.  He knows war — its mud and blood and filth, its thrilling adventures and sublime heroisms.  In this great lecture he describes actual experiences in the World War with a stark and vivid power that leaves his audience breathless.

Who won the World War?  Not Britain nor her Dominions overseas, says Peat, nor yet France, Italy, Belgium or a half dozen Allies — who then?

Is peace for the world to be won by disarmament—by pacts—world courts—leagues—outlawry of war—unpreparedness—preparedness—can it be won by Christianity?  These are some of the vital questions Private Peat discusses.



Touch and Go with a Hand Grenade.
In this lecture Private Peat lifts with the hand of an artist the high lights of humor in war.  He tells of the comicalities of war—and he breaks your heart with the courage behind the laughter.

Nothing escaped Peat during his war service, either when he handled a bayonet, gun or hand grenade, or when, disabled as a fighting man, he handled a pen to tell others of what he saw.

As an after-dinner speaker few can beat Private Peat.  Touch and Go with a Hand Grenade is the latest, the newest and the best digestive for any banquet.



The World's Curiosity Shop.
Private Peat takes his hearers on a trip to the Antipodes—Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas—in this popular lecture.

He makes this land of the upside down supremely fascinating—he tells of rivers that flow inland, fish that fly, flowers that have no scent and birds that suckle their young.

Spend the darkling hours with Peat as he lazily dips the oars of his boat through the underground waters of the Glow-worm Palace—a wonder palace.  Listen to him as he tells the magic story of the Jenolan Caves and the Sister whose golden voice echoes and re-echoes through their mysterious depths.





PRIVATE PEAT
In His Great New Lecture

The Inexcusable Lie