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Excerpt from The Last Mile
He had been made much of, those days, for men who had seen the war at close hand were comparatively few and considerably sought after. It tickled his vanity, but it made him somewhat shamefaced, for he had learned that being in uniform and being in France does not automatically make one a hero, nor was the part played by an ambulance driver essentially heroic. But his friends seemed incapable of discrimina tion and pursued a peculiarly warped reasoning: Good old Broadhurst, he has been in France; that''s where the war is. Men who go to war are heroes. Therefore.
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He had been made much of, those days, for men who had seen the war at close hand were comparatively few and considerably sought after. It tickled his vanity, but it made him somewhat shamefaced, for he had learned that being in uniform and being in France does not automatically make one a hero, nor was the part played by an ambulance driver essentially heroic. But his friends seemed incapable of discrimina tion and pursued a peculiarly warped reasoning: Good old Broadhurst, he has been in France; that''s where the war is. Men who go to war are heroes. Therefore.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Frank A. McAlister
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780483263901
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 363
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Contributors
Author
Frank A. McAlister
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331040446
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 365
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