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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... threw hit a bottle . He didn't miss once . As Robert and Clifford sat there watching the dog must have caught their scent , for it turned around and began to bark . The man with the stones in his hand gave a friendly wave and called out ...
... threw hit a bottle . He didn't miss once . As Robert and Clifford sat there watching the dog must have caught their scent , for it turned around and began to bark . The man with the stones in his hand gave a friendly wave and called out ...
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... threw - and broke the tall , thin neck clean off . ' Like that . Just a bunch of stone throwers . ' Robert wondered if the bitterness was only the twist in his throat as he threw the stone - or was it really that Taffler wanted the war ...
... threw - and broke the tall , thin neck clean off . ' Like that . Just a bunch of stone throwers . ' Robert wondered if the bitterness was only the twist in his throat as he threw the stone - or was it really that Taffler wanted the war ...
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... threw down his hat and began to shout . ' Enklesh ! Enklesh ! Vous êtes anglais ? Maudit anglais ! ' he screamed . Robert became alarmed . He backed his horse away , but the man pursued him . ' Maudit anglais ! ' he kept shouting . He ...
... threw down his hat and began to shout . ' Enklesh ! Enklesh ! Vous êtes anglais ? Maudit anglais ! ' he screamed . Robert became alarmed . He backed his horse away , but the man pursued him . ' Maudit anglais ! ' he kept shouting . He ...
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