Boyd, Thomas 1898-1935 creator text utu 2019 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Through the Wheat" by Thomas Boyd is a novel published in 1923. It follows William Hicks, a young Marine automatic rifleman, through his harrowing experiences in World War I. After a year of non-combat duty in France, Hicks finally faces the brutal reality of trench warfare and the Battle of Belleau Wood. As his comrades fall one by one to gunfire and gas, Hicks descends into delirium and emotional numbness, pushed beyond human endurance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Wheat Release date is 2019-01-31 Produced by Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction War stories United States. Marine Corps -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified 23008058 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58796 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58796 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134344.0 58796