World War II
_Forward, Children!_ was published in 1998 in Korea, nearly a decade after the author's death. The author's literary executor, Steven James Bartlett, has decided to make the novel available as an open access publication, freely available to readers through Project Gutenberg un...
Pausing, standing in the dark road, he saw the Renault cross a field, its turret gun lowered, the treads silent, the motor noiseless ... inside the tank, a blond face, a face wi...
6. Part 6"They came this morning; we had lunch together ... I've been writing a letter ... as I came here Aunt Therese stopped me on the stair, saying Lena is ... is with the Maquis."
12. Part 12Sunlight fell on the huge ruined castle as they fished below it, from blocks of masonry, thick, limestone slabs, some of them mossy and intricately carved. Orville's stone--the...
14. Part 14"You talk big ... very big ... of course you must talk like that ... it kills some of the pain ... it helps ... I know ... I had two nephews, good at swearing. Dr. Phelan's righ...
11. Part 11Going to Lena's room, glad of the family house, he felt dirtier than ever, perhaps he could have changed, somehow, somewhere: it was Claude who urged him to see Lena at once--no...
9. Part 9Dennison and Zinc bedded down on hay and straw, a light from a Coleman somewhere in the distance, Red Cross men aiding the wounded, a GI on guard, in case of fire. Soon every sa...
8. Part 8Dennison warmed the motor and chewed an apple and swung 9 west, west across dry ground, climbing gradually. The treads beat down a hedgerow. The cab was getting hotter so they s...
3. Part 3Dennison jazzed the bus down a wide street and townspeople fled ... ten or twelve on one side, bunched together, men and women, their clothing white and blue; their turbans whit...
4. Part 4Dennison led Chuck by the arm, Chuck moaning and trembling. They both fell into a sand hollow. Directly in front of Dennison lay a pair of arms, intact from finger to shoulders,...
2. Part 2"Goddammit," he exclaimed, wobbling, balancing. "Almost got myself badly singed. Gotta watch where we step in this desert." His teeth flashed in a grin intended for Dennison. De...
10. Part 10Crewmen pushed Dennison aside and crowded close to 67. Leaning against his tank, Dennison watched them, unseeing, unmoving: glad to be away from 67. He wanted water but could no...
7. Part 7A field of grass: after the tank corps any field was inviting. In Ithaca, fields had extended toward the lake, downslope, fields between residences and groves: _High above Cayug...
5. Part 5"Hi, Aunt Therese! I got here an hour or so ago. You sound far off or the connection's bad. Where are you?" He dropped into her kind of French, the kind she had taught him, Erme...
1. Part 1_Forward, Children!_ was published in 1998 in Korea, nearly a decade after the author's death. The author's literary executor, Steven James Bartlett, has decided to make the nov...
15. Part 15"The war news is encouraging. No doubt Germany's beaten. I can make a try at things back home. A try at living. I'm serious, Jean. Listen to me. Sit down and listen ...