| The Thin Red Line Contributor(s): Jones, James (Author), Prose, Francine (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0385324081 ISBN-13: 9780385324083 Publisher: Dial Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: The World War II classic by the bestselling author of "From Here to Eternity and "Whistle, now a major motion picture from 20th Century Fox. They are the men of C-for-Charlie Company--"Mad" 1st/Sgt. Eddie Welsh, S/Sgt. Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them--infantrymen in "this man's army" who are about to land grim and white-faced on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. In the days ahead some will earn medals; others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad--and the living from the dead--in this unforgettable portrait that captures for all time the total experience of men at war. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (1.15 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - East Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: They are the men of C-for-Charlie company--"Mad" 1st Sgt. Eddie Welsh, Pvt. 1st Class Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them--infantrymen who are about to land, grim and white-faced, on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. In the days ahead, some will earn medals, others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad--and the living from the dead--in this unforgettable portrait that captures for all time the total experience of men at war. Foreword by Francine Prose "Brutal, direct, and powerful . . . The men are real, the words are real, death is real, imminent and immediate."--Los Angeles Times "A rare and splendid accomplishment . . . strong and ambitious, spacious, and as honest as any novel ever written."-- Newsweek " A] major novel of combat in World War II . . . reminiscent of Stephen Crane in The Red Badge of Courage."--The Christian Science Monitor "The Thin Red Line moves so intensely and inexorably that it almost seems like the war it is describing."--The New York Times Book Review |
