Johnny got his gun

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JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN holds a place as one of the classic antivvar novels. First published in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's story of a voung American soldier terribly maimed in World War I-he "survives" armless, legless, and faceless, but vvith mind intact- was an immediate bestseller. This fiercely moving növel was a rallving point for many Americans who came of age din ing World War II, and it became perhaps the most popular növel of protest during the Vietnam era. ClTADEL UNDERGROUND'S edition of Johnny Got His Gun features a powerful nevv introduction by Ron Kovic, author of Born on the Fourth ofjuly, and alsó includes an introduction by Dalton Trumbo. "Johnny Got His Gun still remains the most powerful piece of writing to influence me after Vietnam. Upon my return from the war, and after all these twenty-two years spent in a wheelchair, paralvzed from the mid-chest down, I've read many writers that have influenced my life profoundly- Hemingway, Conrad, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther... Tovább

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JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN holds a place as one of the classic antivvar novels. First published in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's story of a voung American soldier terribly maimed in World War I-he "survives" armless, legless, and faceless, but vvith mind intact- was an immediate bestseller. This fiercely moving növel was a rallving point for many Americans who came of age din ing World War II, and it became perhaps the most popular növel of protest during the Vietnam era. ClTADEL UNDERGROUND'S edition of Johnny Got His Gun features a powerful nevv introduction by Ron Kovic, author of Born on the Fourth ofjuly, and alsó includes an introduction by Dalton Trumbo. "Johnny Got His Gun still remains the most powerful piece of writing to influence me after Vietnam. Upon my return from the war, and after all these twenty-two years spent in a wheelchair, paralvzed from the mid-chest down, I've read many writers that have influenced my life profoundly- Hemingway, Conrad, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King-but there has been nothing out of that body of great literature to compare to this book____Johnny Got His Gun remains the most revolutionary, searing document against war and injustice ever written." -ron kovic, from his introduction "[This] is a terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity." - the Washington post "Johnny Got His Gun is not merely a powerful antiwar document; it is alsó a powerful and brilliant work of the imagination- Mr. Trumbo has written a book that can never be forgottén by anyone who reads it." -saturda y review "A terrible story, remorseless, uncompromising this book was a shocking and violent experience." -herald triblne "There can be no question of the effectiveness of this book." - the new york times Vissza