The WarsPenguin Books, 1979 - 190 pages Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war--The War to End All Wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare, of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Robert Ross performed a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death. |
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... fell . It was Sunday . Robert wasn't there . 60 She died on the Monday , never regaining consciousness . Mrs Ross wore a large , black hat . Robert wore an armband . People who only knew them from a distance saw them walking down the ...
... fell . It was Sunday . Robert wasn't there . 60 She died on the Monday , never regaining consciousness . Mrs Ross wore a large , black hat . Robert wore an armband . People who only knew them from a distance saw them walking down the ...
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... fell . Then the earth fell in clods . Robert held to the wire until the swaying stopped . That was when he went under . He was lying on his stomach with the cages gathered into his arms before he realized where he was . For a moment he ...
... fell . Then the earth fell in clods . Robert held to the wire until the swaying stopped . That was when he went under . He was lying on his stomach with the cages gathered into his arms before he realized where he was . For a moment he ...
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... fell to the left , but somehow he fell on his feet and still had the reins of his horse in his hand . His horse began to rear . Robert grabbed at the halter and pulled it down . Another bomb fell . The air was alive with planes - so ...
... fell to the left , but somehow he fell on his feet and still had the reins of his horse in his hand . His horse began to rear . Robert grabbed at the halter and pulled it down . Another bomb fell . The air was alive with planes - so ...
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