Project Gutenberg 2007-04-05 Public domain in the USA. 78 Kay, Ross Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis) 1880 1952 16014722 Fighting in France Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Al Haines "Fighting in France" by Ross Kay is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work chronicles the experiences and valor of soldiers during World War I, focusing particularly on the life of two American twin brothers, Leon and Earl Platt, as they fight in the French army alongside their friend Jacques. The book aims to capture the realities of war without sensationalizing the events, presenting a mix of factual incidents and fictional storytelling. The opening of the book introduces the three main characters as they await battle in the trenches of Champagne, France. Leon and Earl, who enlisted in the French army after being caught in Europe during the outbreak of the war, share their determination and camaraderie with Jacques, a young Frenchman. The trio engages in conversations about the upcoming attack set to take place the following morning, discussing their artillery support and the excitement of combat, while humor and a sense of youthful bravado intermingle with the seriousness of warfare. As they prepare for the conflict, the atmosphere is charged with anticipation, blending humor with the grim realities that lie ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text World War I Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction 300775 294757 2024-10-09T08:28:41.701176 2023-09-09T10:22:18.481334 text/html text/html 289759 2007-04-05T16:10:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 325747 2021-01-01T22:44:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 404505 2024-10-09T08:28:49.983160 application/epub+zip 408177 2024-10-09T08:28:44.208149 application/epub+zip 172811 2024-10-09T08:28:42.697162 application/epub+zip 564466 2024-10-09T08:28:53.596105 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 549917 2024-10-09T08:28:48.615113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291924 2022-09-10T05:13:55.420203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256267 256256 2024-10-09T08:28:40.425314 2023-09-09T10:22:17.327350 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 256032 2021-01-01T22:44:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 91352 2021-01-01T22:44:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 256042 2021-01-01T22:44:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 91329 2021-01-01T22:44:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21582 2024-10-09T08:28:53.758137 application/rdf+xml 12433 2024-10-09T08:28:43.280239 image/jpeg 3203 2024-10-09T08:28:42.990186 image/jpeg 393436 2024-10-09T08:28:41.737179 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