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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... Devlin and Bonnycastle , the men they were relieving . Levitt was introduced . He swung down the bag he'd been carrying on his back and it bumped dangerously near the door . ' Don't hit the door ! Don't hit the door ! ' Devlin cried ...
... Devlin and Bonnycastle , the men they were relieving . Levitt was introduced . He swung down the bag he'd been carrying on his back and it bumped dangerously near the door . ' Don't hit the door ! Don't hit the door ! ' Devlin cried ...
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... Devlin crowed . ' Eggs - two dozen ! I don't believe it ! ' - " ... Cigarettes ... five hundred , ' Robert continued . ' Canned peaches four tins ... canned salmon two tins . Candles ... forty - eight ... Nestlé's chocolate six bars ...
... Devlin crowed . ' Eggs - two dozen ! I don't believe it ! ' - " ... Cigarettes ... five hundred , ' Robert continued . ' Canned peaches four tins ... canned salmon two tins . Candles ... forty - eight ... Nestlé's chocolate six bars ...
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... Devlin in good humour . ' You may , ' said Rodwell . ' He's a Field Marshal . ' ' Well then , Levitt - we must call him " sir " and have done with it , ' said Devlin and sat back . After another moment , Bonnycastle said : ' I do like a ...
... Devlin in good humour . ' You may , ' said Rodwell . ' He's a Field Marshal . ' ' Well then , Levitt - we must call him " sir " and have done with it , ' said Devlin and sat back . After another moment , Bonnycastle said : ' I do like a ...
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