Owen's poem is known for its horrific imagery and condemnation of war. It was drafted at Craiglockhart in the first half of October 1917 and later revised, probably at Scarborough but possibly Ripon, between January and March 1918.

    Two women uncover the truth in a rural murder investigation.

    When Germans invade his home, the dog runs off to look for his young master. He soon finds himself trapped in No Man's Land, injured by a bullet. British Private Pete Rice comes to his rescue, and thereafter Army (as the soldiers name him) follows Pete to the end, staying faithfully at his side until death.

    With two brothers and one sister-all of them, like him, much spottedwith black-he lived in a house in one of Farmer Green's apple trees. The house was made of grass and leaves, plastered on the inside with mud, andlined with softer, finer grass, which his mother had chosen with the greatestcare...Arthur Scott Bailey was an American writer. He was the author of more than forty children's books. He was born in St. Albans, Vermont, United States, the second child of Winfield Scott Bailey and Harriet Sarah Goodhue.