Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

Johnny Got His Gun holds a place as one of the classic antiwar novels. First published in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's story of a young American soldier terribly maimed in World War I-- he survives armless, legless, and faceless, but with mind intact-- was an immediate bestseller. This fiercely moving novel was a rallying point for many Americans who came of age during World War I, and it became perhaps the most popular novel of protest during the Vietnam era.

Citadel Underground's edition of Johnny Got His Gun features a powerful new introduction by Ron Kovic, author of Born on the Fourth of July, and also 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, paralyzed 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 was 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 also a powerful and brilliant work of the imagination. Mr. Trumbo has written a book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it. --Saturday Review

A terrible story, remorseless, uncompromising. this book was a shocking and violent experience. --Herald Tribune

There can be no question of the effectiveness of this book. --The New York Times

Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905-September 10, 1976) was among the most prolific and important literary figures of his time. One of the famous Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify about his alleged communist affiliations before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Blacklisted from the film industry and charged with contempt of Congress, he served an 11-month prison sentence. Johnny Got His Gun, the most highly acclaimed work of Trumbo's extraordinary career, won a National Book Award (then known as an American Book Sellers Award) in 1939. The idea for the novel came to Trumbo after he learned of a British soldier who was seriously injured during World War I. In 2015 the acclaimed film Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston, spurred renewed interest in the author's life and works.

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ISBN 13	9780904526752
ISBN 10	0904526755
Title	Johnny Got His Gun
Author	Dalton Trumbo
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pluto Press
Year published	1987-01-01
Number of pages	256
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