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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... fingers as if in deep thought . He was very easily depressed . A single drop of rain could depress him . Devlin turned the dome of his countenance on Levitt . " What's in your sack ? ' he asked . ' Yes , ' Bonnycastle echoed Devlin's ...
... fingers as if in deep thought . He was very easily depressed . A single drop of rain could depress him . Devlin turned the dome of his countenance on Levitt . " What's in your sack ? ' he asked . ' Yes , ' Bonnycastle echoed Devlin's ...
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... fingers are poised in such a way that you think he might be holding something alive or made of glass . But the object - once you have made it out is nothing of the sort . It is white and slightly larger than his fist . Magnification ...
... fingers are poised in such a way that you think he might be holding something alive or made of glass . But the object - once you have made it out is nothing of the sort . It is white and slightly larger than his fist . Magnification ...
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... fingers smooth the cover of the book which is hard and brown and old . She purses her lips . She rises . It is time to tell us all to go . Something prevents her - just for a moment . It is the sound of birds beyond the windows , making ...
... fingers smooth the cover of the book which is hard and brown and old . She purses her lips . She rises . It is time to tell us all to go . Something prevents her - just for a moment . It is the sound of birds beyond the windows , making ...
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