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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... 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 said . It must be here and he must do it . ' Why ? ' ' BECAUSE HE LOVED ...
... 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 said . It must be here and he must do it . ' Why ? ' ' BECAUSE HE LOVED ...
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... Ross . Your son . ' 220 The 19th of December , 1915 was a Sunday . This was the day after Robert - ( and , indeed ... Mister Ross heard this , but kept on walking . He and Peggy were busy nodding and smiling . Mister Ross kept raising ...
... Ross . Your son . ' 220 The 19th of December , 1915 was a Sunday . This was the day after Robert - ( and , indeed ... Mister Ross heard this , but kept on walking . He and Peggy were busy nodding and smiling . Mister Ross kept raising ...
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... Mister Ross , Peggy and Stuart remained inside . Peggy had almost followed , but her father had restrained her . He was afraid for his wife but he knew it was neither himself nor her children that she needed . What she needed was an ...
... Mister Ross , Peggy and Stuart remained inside . Peggy had almost followed , but her father had restrained her . He was afraid for his wife but he knew it was neither himself nor her children that she needed . What she needed was an ...
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