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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... mother was adamant . The rabbits had to die - and Robert had to do it . Mister Ross was inclined to be more lenient . Surely the rabbits could be killed somewhere else , he said . Maybe the butcher would want them . No , Robert's mother ...
... mother was adamant . The rabbits had to die - and Robert had to do it . Mister Ross was inclined to be more lenient . Surely the rabbits could be killed somewhere else , he said . Maybe the butcher would want them . No , Robert's mother ...
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... mother , Lady Emmeline , often declared she would have been happy to be a dairy maid - although , her version of a dairy maid had little to do with the real thing . What she meant , undoubtedly , was that she longed for a simpler life ...
... mother , Lady Emmeline , often declared she would have been happy to be a dairy maid - although , her version of a dairy maid had little to do with the real thing . What she meant , undoubtedly , was that she longed for a simpler life ...
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... Mother sat in the middle of it all trying to persuade Major Terry there was ' absolutely no reason in the world she ... mother : ' Why do they huddle like that ? ' And mother said : ' I think it's because they're literary , dear ...
... Mother sat in the middle of it all trying to persuade Major Terry there was ' absolutely no reason in the world she ... mother : ' Why do they huddle like that ? ' And mother said : ' I think it's because they're literary , dear ...
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