Through the Wheat by Thomas Boyd
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"Through the Wheat" by Thomas Boyd is a novel published in 1923. It follows William Hicks, a young Marine automatic rifleman, through his harrowing experiences in World War I. After a year of non-combat duty in France, Hicks finally faces the brutal reality of trench warfare and the Battle of Belleau Wood. As his comrades fall one by one to gunfire and gas, Hicks descends into delirium and emotional numbness, pushed beyond
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| Author | Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 23008058 |
| Title | Through the Wheat |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Wheat |
| Credits |
Produced by Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction |
| Subject | War stories |
| Subject | United States. Marine Corps -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 58796 |
| Release Date | Jan 31, 2019 |
| Last Update | Feb 19, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 283 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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