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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... thing that no one else would even dare to think of doing . And that to me's as good a definition of a ' hero ' as you'll get . Even when the thing that's done is something of which you disapprove . He was un homme unique - and that's ...
... thing that no one else would even dare to think of doing . And that to me's as good a definition of a ' hero ' as you'll get . Even when the thing that's done is something of which you disapprove . He was un homme unique - and that's ...
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... thing you want to know about is Barbara meeting Robert and how it was that Harris brought about their ultimate relation- ship . These are the circles - all drawing inward to the thing that Robert did . You know - I'm guessing at this ...
... thing you want to know about is Barbara meeting Robert and how it was that Harris brought about their ultimate relation- ship . These are the circles - all drawing inward to the thing that Robert did . You know - I'm guessing at this ...
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... thing perceived can ... be closed with a shout of recognition . One form of a shout is a shot . Nothing so completely verifies our perception of a thing as our killing of it . ' The archivist closes her book . She stares into time with ...
... thing perceived can ... be closed with a shout of recognition . One form of a shout is a shot . Nothing so completely verifies our perception of a thing as our killing of it . ' The archivist closes her book . She stares into time with ...
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