- World War, 1914-1918, United States. Marine Corps, Fiction, United States
A story of the horrors of World War I and their effects on the psyche of a young American Marine. (The author died in his early thirties of a brain tumor, thought to be caused by gassing during the war.).
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Thomas Boyd
- First published
- 1923
- Pages
- 266
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press, Award Books, C. Scribner's sons
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780803261686
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