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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... knees ... He began to realize his knees were spreading wider and wider and his groin began to shudder . Warm . He was going to be saved . He was going to save himself . He sat up . His boots were still being held . But his thighs were ...
... knees ... He began to realize his knees were spreading wider and wider and his groin began to shudder . Warm . He was going to be saved . He was going to save himself . He sat up . His boots were still being held . But his thighs were ...
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... knee and rocked from back to front again . Both legs slid further out till only the ankles were held and his knees touched his chin . He fell back all the way and lay on his side . He reached above his head and shoved his hands down ...
... knee and rocked from back to front again . Both legs slid further out till only the ankles were held and his knees touched his chin . He fell back all the way and lay on his side . He reached above his head and shoved his hands down ...
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... knees struck something hard . It was a Lewis gun embedded in the earth . Robert gave a cry of pain . It felt as if his knee caps had been torn away . But his fall was over . He was more than halfway down the side . Robert rolled over ...
... knees struck something hard . It was a Lewis gun embedded in the earth . Robert gave a cry of pain . It felt as if his knee caps had been torn away . But his fall was over . He was more than halfway down the side . Robert rolled over ...
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