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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... walking through the snow . Miss Davenport went with them . She was more and more a constant companion to Mrs Ross - who was less and less a companion to her husband and her children . The walk through the snow wound them down Park Road ...
... walking through the snow . Miss Davenport went with them . She was more and more a constant companion to Mrs Ross - who was less and less a companion to her husband and her children . The walk through the snow wound them down Park Road ...
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... walk a little faster ? ' said Levitt . ' No , ' said Robert . " That's the quickest way to get shot . Wait a minute , ' he said . ' Watch this . ' - – Robert stopped walking and turned and waved at the German lines . Nothing happened ...
... walk a little faster ? ' said Levitt . ' No , ' said Robert . " That's the quickest way to get shot . Wait a minute , ' he said . ' Watch this . ' - – Robert stopped walking and turned and waved at the German lines . Nothing happened ...
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... walk in the valley - down the long ravine with its high , treed sides and bridle path and sometimes they would walk down the streets of Rosedale . Mrs Ross would wrap herself in veils and scarves and set her hats with long and vicious ...
... walk in the valley - down the long ravine with its high , treed sides and bridle path and sometimes they would walk down the streets of Rosedale . Mrs Ross would wrap herself in veils and scarves and set her hats with long and vicious ...
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