The WarsClarke, Irwin, 1977 - 226 pages In 1915, Robert Ross, a young Canadian, enlists in the army as an officer. His experiences of life in a training camp, of the trenches in Europe, and with death, are vividly told. Some strong language amd explicit descriptions of sex. Winner of the 1977 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 1977. |
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... fire . If they were to fire , for instance , for two hours - you knew that was important . Half - an - hour's firing was a mere gesture : nuisance firing it was called . ― Sometimes , the air would be full of aeroplanes . Then the anti ...
... fire . If they were to fire , for instance , for two hours - you knew that was important . Half - an - hour's firing was a mere gesture : nuisance firing it was called . ― Sometimes , the air would be full of aeroplanes . Then the anti ...
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... fire on their backs came in advance of the troops and spread the fire with hoses . Water burned and snow went up in smoke . Nothing remained . It was vir- tual attrition . The ultimate weapon had been invented . Only powder and dust ...
... fire on their backs came in advance of the troops and spread the fire with hoses . Water burned and snow went up in smoke . Nothing remained . It was vir- tual attrition . The ultimate weapon had been invented . Only powder and dust ...
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... fire to the roof . That is what they did . Mickle claims it was only a ploy . He had no intention of destroying the horses . He could not , he said , foresee that Robert would not be able to open the doors in time to let them out . The fire ...
... fire to the roof . That is what they did . Mickle claims it was only a ploy . He had no intention of destroying the horses . He could not , he said , foresee that Robert would not be able to open the doors in time to let them out . The fire ...
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