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From Here to Eternity is the debut novel of American author James Jones, published by Scribner's in 1951. Set in 1941, the novel focuses on several members of a U.S. Army infantry company stationed in Hawaii in the months leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . It is loosely based on Jones's experiences in the pre-World War II ...
Oct 20, 1998 · Jones’s experiences informed his epic war 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and Other Stories, The Merry Month of May, A Touch of Danger, Whistle, and To the End of the War, a book of previously unpublished fiction.
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James Ramon Jones was an American author known for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. His wartime experiences inspired some of his most famous works. He witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which led to his first published novel, From Here to Eternity. The Thin Red Line reflected his combat experiences on Guadalcanal.
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Oct 3, 2017 · From Here to Eternity manages to be both an extremely funny travelogue and a deeply moving book about what death means to us all." ― Dylan Thuras, co-founder of Atlas Obscura "[Doughty’s] fascinating tour of rituals contains liturgies that readers will surely observe as rare, macabre, unbelievable, ancient, and precious―sometimes ...
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Oct 3, 2017 · Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality. 45 illustrations. Show more. Genres Nonfiction Death Science History Travel Audiobook Memoir. ...more. 256 pages, Paperback. First published October 3, 2017.
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May 10, 2011 · From Here to Eternity (The World War II Trilogy Book 1) - Kindle edition by Jones, James. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading From Here to Eternity (The World War II Trilogy Book 1).
Oct 16, 2012 · From Here to Eternity re-creates the authentic soldier experience and captures, like nothing else, the honor and savagery of man. Foreword by William Styron “A work of genius.”—Saturday Review “Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story.”—Los Angeles Times
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