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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... sitting so near the street , and she refused . - Mrs Ross adjusted her veil but did not put the flask away . ' I was afraid I was going to scream , ' she said . She gestured back at the church with its sermon in progress . ' I do not ...
... sitting so near the street , and she refused . - Mrs Ross adjusted her veil but did not put the flask away . ' I was afraid I was going to scream , ' she said . She gestured back at the church with its sermon in progress . ' I do not ...
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... sitting on the stairs in the black hole of Calcutta . Everything's gone wrong . Michael's gone and Clive is leaving . I'm in love with Robert Ross but he hardly ever wants to sit and talk the way he did before he went away to have his ...
... sitting on the stairs in the black hole of Calcutta . Everything's gone wrong . Michael's gone and Clive is leaving . I'm in love with Robert Ross but he hardly ever wants to sit and talk the way he did before he went away to have his ...
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... sitting on one of the little gilt chairs with Amanda ( my doll ) and the tears just started and wouldn't stop . The ... sit in here ? And I said : here . It's safe . After that we sat a long , long while - Clive on the floor and me in ...
... sitting on one of the little gilt chairs with Amanda ( my doll ) and the tears just started and wouldn't stop . The ... sit in here ? And I said : here . It's safe . After that we sat a long , long while - Clive on the floor and me in ...
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