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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... Birds , ' said Poole . The other man remained silent . ' I'd be very surprised if any birds had survived in this place , ' said Robert . Just as he said so , something flew out of the ditch . The horses shied and one of them snorted ...
... Birds , ' said Poole . The other man remained silent . ' I'd be very surprised if any birds had survived in this place , ' said Robert . Just as he said so , something flew out of the ditch . The horses shied and one of them snorted ...
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... birds you can think of , ' said Robert . ' Storks , ' said Poole . ' I'm being serious , ' said Robert . ' So'm I , ' said Poole . ' I'm sorry , sir ; but I just can't think of any birds but storks . I'm too damn cold ... ' Starlings ...
... birds you can think of , ' said Robert . ' Storks , ' said Poole . ' I'm being serious , ' said Robert . ' So'm I , ' said Poole . ' I'm sorry , sir ; but I just can't think of any birds but storks . I'm too damn cold ... ' Starlings ...
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... birds . Of the high , hot valleys filled with clattering stones and rivers running underground . And whales . He told of having swum with schools of whales and claimed that underwater you could hear them sing . Robert was sceptical ...
... birds . Of the high , hot valleys filled with clattering stones and rivers running underground . And whales . He told of having swum with schools of whales and claimed that underwater you could hear them sing . Robert was sceptical ...
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