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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... killed . 70 ' Why do the rabbits have to be killed ? ' ' Because they were hers . ' ' But that can't possibly make any sense . ' ' Nonetheless , they must be killed . ' ' 22.
... killed . 70 ' Why do the rabbits have to be killed ? ' ' Because they were hers . ' ' But that can't possibly make any sense . ' ' Nonetheless , they must be killed . ' ' 22.
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... kill a coyote with a stone . The sky was green . Robert did not reply . He was thinking that perhaps he'd found the model he could emulate - a man to whom killing wasn't killing at all but only throwing . Bam ! A bottle . A man to whom ...
... kill a coyote with a stone . The sky was green . Robert did not reply . He was thinking that perhaps he'd found the model he could emulate - a man to whom killing wasn't killing at all but only throwing . Bam ! A bottle . A man to whom ...
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... killed a hundred times or more - men and rats and horses - whatever it was you killed in wars . Robert's brain began its stammering . Joyce had fought in the Boer War and had been left for dead in the battle for Paardeburg Drift . His ...
... killed a hundred times or more - men and rats and horses - whatever it was you killed in wars . Robert's brain began its stammering . Joyce had fought in the Boer War and had been left for dead in the battle for Paardeburg Drift . His ...
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