Whistle - Paperback
by James Jones
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Availability:In StockContributor:James JonesSeries:World War II TrilogyPublish date:2011-05-10Pages:514
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Open Road MediaISBN-13:9781453218495ISBN-10:1453218491UPC:9781453218495Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:War & Military, Action & Adventure, LiterarySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.15 inchesWeight:1.43Product ID:SC3E55ASF1
Four World War II infantrymen recover at an army hospital, and struggle to readjust to the home front, in this New York Times-bestselling novel.
At the end of a long journey across the Pacific, a ship catches sight of California. On board are hundreds of injured soldiers, survivors of the American infantry's battle to wrest the South Seas from the Japanese Empire. As the men on deck cheer their imminent return to their families, wives, and favorite girls, four stay below, unable to join in the celebration. These men are broken by war and haunted by what they learned there of the savagery of mankind. As they convalesce in a hospital in Memphis, the pain of that knowledge will torment them far worse than any wound. The third of James Jones's epics based on his life in the army, this posthumously published novel draws on his own experiences to depict the horrors of war and their persistence even after the jungle is left behind.
At the end of a long journey across the Pacific, a ship catches sight of California. On board are hundreds of injured soldiers, survivors of the American infantry's battle to wrest the South Seas from the Japanese Empire. As the men on deck cheer their imminent return to their families, wives, and favorite girls, four stay below, unable to join in the celebration. These men are broken by war and haunted by what they learned there of the savagery of mankind. As they convalesce in a hospital in Memphis, the pain of that knowledge will torment them far worse than any wound. The third of James Jones's epics based on his life in the army, this posthumously published novel draws on his own experiences to depict the horrors of war and their persistence even after the jungle is left behind.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Open Road MediaISBN-13:9781453218495ISBN-10:1453218491UPC:9781453218495Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:War & Military, Action & Adventure, LiterarySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.15 inchesWeight:1.43Product ID:SC3E55ASF1
James Jones (1921-1977) was one of the most accomplished American authors of the World War II generation. He served in the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1944, and was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as the battle for Guadalcanal, where he was decorated with a purple heart and bronze star. Jones's experiences informed his epic novels From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. His other works include Some Came Running, The Pistol, Go to the Widow-Maker, The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories, The Merry Month of May, A Touch of Danger, Whistle, and To the End of the War--a book of previously unpublished fiction.
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