The Human Touch

The Human Touch by Sapper is a collection of sketches featuring Shorty Bill the snapper. This book contains a wide variety of stories of World War I combat and everyday soldier life. Excerpt: "It was about the size of an ordinary tennis lawn at the top, and it was deep enough to contain a workman's cottage. It was a crater—a mine crater. Suddenly one morning the ground nearby had shaken as if there was an earthquake…"