Grapes of Wrath
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Cable Boyd. Grapes of Wrath
Grapes of Wrath
Table of Contents
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
AUTHOR’S FOREWORD
GRAPES OF WRATH. CHAPTER I. TOWARDS THE PUSH
CHAPTER II. THE OVERTURE OF THE GUNS
CHAPTER III. THE EDGE OF BATTLE
CHAPTER IV. ACROSS THE OPEN
CHAPTER V. ON CAPTURED GROUND
CHAPTER VI. TAKING PUNISHMENT
CHAPTER VII. BLIND MAN’S BUFF
CHAPTER VIII. OVER THE TOP
CHAPTER IX. A SIDE SHOW
CHAPTER X. THE COUNTER ATTACK
CHAPTER XI. FORWARD OBSERVING
CHAPTER XII. A VILLAGE AND A HELMET
CHAPTER XIII. WITH THE TANKS
CHAPTER XIV. THE BATTLE HYMN
CHAPTER XV. CASUALTIES
CHAPTER XVI. PLAY OUT THE GAME
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Boyd Cable
World War I Novel
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Larry and Kentucky ducked hastily, and ran crouching to the corner of their barn, as another shrill whistle and rush warned them of the approaching shell. This time it burst farther off, and although the two waited a full fifteen minutes, no other shell came near, though along the crest of the sky-line they could see quick flashing burst after burst and thick, billowing clouds of smoke rising and drifting blackly against the background of light beyond the slope.
The tornado of shell fire beat the rifles down again to silence after some minutes. The rolling rifle fire and clatter of machine guns died away gradually, to no more than an occasional splutter, and then to single shots. After that the artillery slowed down to a normal rate of fire, a steady succession of bangs and thuds and rumblings, that, after the roaring tempest of noise of the past few minutes, were no more than comparative quiet.
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