and in 1915, john kipling went into action at the battle of loose and was never seen again. his father of course was completely devastated. sum of the other characters in this book i think that people who will be less familiar. one of them was a man named leonard brockway, editor of the socialist newspaper before the war. went to prison as a resistor and in prison, he continued to be a newspaper editor putting out a clandestine newspaper for his fellow prisoners on toilet paper. it was published regularly, twice a week for a year and tell the authorities discovered it and punished him by putting him on a restricted diet and solitary confinement. and incidentally copies copies of somebody's clandestine newspapers, there were a number of them that survived. another character in the book, one of my favorites, a man named john s. clark. he was born into a circus family, grew up in the circus. when he was 17 years old, he went into the ring, the youngest lion tamer in great written. subsequently he got involved in radical politics. when the war broke out he was tipped off by a fr

john kipling with his father's encouragement set his sights early on a military career. had great trouble getting into first the navy and then the army. kept getting rejected because he had inherited his father's bad eyesight. when you see pictures of rudyard kipling always has thick grasses -- glass glass on. his father pulled strings. got john a commission as a army officer. and in 1915 john kipling went into action at the battle of luce and was never seen again. his father of course was completely kev stated. -- devastated. some of characters in this book i think are people who will be less familiar. one of them was a man named fenner brockway editor of a socialist newspaper before the war. went to prison as a resist tore. in prison he continued to be a newspaper editor, putting out a clandestine newspaper for his fellow prisoners on toilet paper. it was published regularly twice a week for a year until the authorities discovered it and punished him by putting him on restricted diet and solitary confinement. incidentally, copies of some of these clandestine newspapers