X Red Fleece
1915
Will Levington Comfort
New York: George H. Doran and Company
American
Novel
282pp
WWI, Gay Men, Military
But I saw to-day that death isn't all. I don't know what else there is, but this is a sort of long night, this war. A few of us are awake. If we are put to sleep—that's all right—I mean knocked out, you know. But so long as we are not, we've got to watch and root for the dawn.
Summary
The development of an American war correspondent's understanding of war and socialism amongst a group of pacifist artists working as nurses in the Russian army. His male companion, another American and war correspondent, is in love with him.
Content & Trigger Warnings
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SUICIDE: of a side character.
Editions
New York: George H. Doran and Company (1915) American first edition, from Fireproof Books on Abebooks. This is the edition I own.
Toronto: Musson Book Company (1915) is seen at Hathitrust.