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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... toad , for instance , just as he is without embellishment . In his own right , you know , he has a good deal of character . ' ' I thought it was improper , sir , to refer to animals as he and she , ' said Levitt . ' You're quite the ...
... toad , for instance , just as he is without embellishment . In his own right , you know , he has a good deal of character . ' ' I thought it was improper , sir , to refer to animals as he and she , ' said Levitt . ' You're quite the ...
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... toad . Please release him in the mud as far behind the lines as you can get him . Preferably where there's something green . If such a thing as green exists ! ' He laughed . " This letter ' ( handing over a folded piece of paper ) ...
... toad . Please release him in the mud as far behind the lines as you can get him . Preferably where there's something green . If such a thing as green exists ! ' He laughed . " This letter ' ( handing over a folded piece of paper ) ...
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... toad beneath a hedge . Here , there was at least the promise of green . The toad at once had begun to burrow into the welcome mud . It threw the dirt in all directions - making a nest for itself until its eyes were all that could be ...
... toad beneath a hedge . Here , there was at least the promise of green . The toad at once had begun to burrow into the welcome mud . It threw the dirt in all directions - making a nest for itself until its eyes were all that could be ...
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