Project Gutenberg 2004-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 76 Palmer, Frederick 1873 1958 The Last Shot Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Stephen Schulze and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Last Shot" by Frederick Palmer is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against the backdrop of modern warfare, drawing from the author’s extensive military experiences to explore themes of camaraderie, the impact of conflict on human relationships, and the absurdity of war itself. The narrative introduces several characters, including Colonel Hedworth Westerling and a young aviator, Captain Arthur Lanstron, as well as Marta Galland, a young woman caught between her family’s military ties and her own developing ideals about peace. At the start of the novel, the scene is a pastoral setting where Marta first spots an aeroplane flying overhead. As she and her family gather to watch, the tension builds when the pilot, Captain Lanstron, faces a perilous situation, ultimately crash-landing nearby. This incident ignites Marta's interest in the aviator and prompts a discussion about warfare, ambition, and human connection amidst the duality of excitement and tragedy that marks the opening of the narrative. The interplay between characters reveals deeper themes, such as the perception of bravery and the stark realities of combat, setting the stage for an exploration of the personal and societal consequences of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en War stories Europe -- Fiction Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 980774 977586 2024-10-06T09:33:49.311778 2023-10-06T10:24:48.495480 text/html text/html 976975 2020-12-18T11:41:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 370565 2020-12-18T11:41:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 444802 2024-10-06T09:34:01.942697 application/epub+zip 461431 2024-10-06T09:33:51.789768 application/epub+zip 461430 2024-10-06T09:33:50.294760 application/epub+zip 771900 2024-10-06T09:34:10.194680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 727293 2024-10-06T09:34:00.950748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 695342 2022-09-07T03:55:16.607476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 940772 940692 2024-10-06T09:33:46.286805 2023-10-06T10:24:45.920464 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 940465 2020-12-18T11:41:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 363427 2020-12-18T11:41:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 940489 2020-12-18T11:41:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 363349 2020-12-18T11:41:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21983 2024-10-06T09:34:10.335651 application/rdf+xml 10729 2024-10-06T09:33:50.885747 image/jpeg 3060 2024-10-06T09:33:50.590757 image/jpeg 429640 2024-10-06T09:33:49.395792 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia