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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... snow was lifted from the ground and blown around their feet , the Indians did not make any motion to depart . They stood and stared at all the faces - ghosts through the frosted glass . Their eyes were pitchy black . Robert wanted ...
... snow was lifted from the ground and blown around their feet , the Indians did not make any motion to depart . They stood and stared at all the faces - ghosts through the frosted glass . Their eyes were pitchy black . Robert wanted ...
Page 107
... snow , she said . It was terribly cold and the wind blew down the river and all the mournful whistles sounded from the ships . The cab had gone . They were deserted . Only the three of them stood there . Just before he removed the lid ...
... snow , she said . It was terribly cold and the wind blew down the river and all the mournful whistles sounded from the ships . The cab had gone . They were deserted . Only the three of them stood there . Just before he removed the lid ...
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... snow Mrs Ross would call upstairs to Davenport and say to her : put on your hat . We're going out . Sometimes they would walk in the valley - down the long ravine with its high , treed sides and bridle path and sometimes they would walk ...
... snow Mrs Ross would call upstairs to Davenport and say to her : put on your hat . We're going out . Sometimes they would walk in the valley - down the long ravine with its high , treed sides and bridle path and sometimes they would walk ...
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