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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... eyes are blank . There is mud on his cheeks and forehead and his uniform is burning long , bright tails of flame are streaming out behind him . He leaps through memory without a sound . The archivist sighs . Her eyes are lowered above ...
... eyes are blank . There is mud on his cheeks and forehead and his uniform is burning long , bright tails of flame are streaming out behind him . He leaps through memory without a sound . The archivist sighs . Her eyes are lowered above ...
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... eyes in Robert's direction . ' I shouldn't straddle it , sir , like that , ' said the B.S.M. , ' in case it throws itself . " Robert stepped aside and stood more or less at attention . He took his aim . His arm wavered . His eyes burned ...
... eyes in Robert's direction . ' I shouldn't straddle it , sir , like that , ' said the B.S.M. , ' in case it throws itself . " Robert stepped aside and stood more or less at attention . He took his aim . His arm wavered . His eyes burned ...
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... eyes . I don't want to drown , he thought . Please don't drown . He pushed himself up with his head hanging down . His breathing died away . He knelt with both hands fisted on his knees . He listened . Something was near him . He could ...
... eyes . I don't want to drown , he thought . Please don't drown . He pushed himself up with his head hanging down . His breathing died away . He knelt with both hands fisted on his knees . He listened . Something was near him . He could ...
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