– from poem Gentlemen-Rankers, by Rudyard Kipling This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author’s estate. Though on their way to heal in a Tennessee hospital, their road to recovery will take far more than mending physical wounds. But on board, hundreds of men are broken and haunted, survivors of the battle to wrest the South Seas from the Japanese Empire. For the soldiers’ loved ones, it’s a celebration. This searing portrait of jungle combat has been adapted twice for feature films.Īfter a long journey across the Pacific, a ship finally lands on American soil. The unit’s captain is too intelligent and sensitive for the job, his first sergeant is half mad, and the enlisted men begin the campaign gripped by cowardice. But the soldiers of Charlie Company are not of the heroic mold. The invasion of Guadalcanal ignites a six-month battle for two thousand square miles of jungle and sand. A true classic, From Here to Eternity was made into an Academy Award–winning film and a television mini-series, as well as adapted for the stage. This edition includes scenes and dialogue censored for the novel’s original publication. A challenging young private is transferred to a unit where the commander is determined to make his life hell. Inspired by his own experiences in the US Army, author James Jones’s World War II Trilogy stands as one of the most significant achievements in war literature. Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.Three classic World War II novels in one collection, including the National Book Award winner From Here to Eternity. It went on to win eight Academy Awards, including for best picture, director, adapted screenplay, supporting actor (Sinatra) and Supporting Actress (Donna Reed). Basis for the 1953 film directed by Fred Zinneman starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra.

a compelling and compassionate story' (Los Angeles Times). The title comes originally from a quote from Rudyard Kipling's 1892 poem 'Gentlemen-Rankers', about soldiers of the British Empire who had 'lost way' and were 'damned from here to eternity.' “Extraordinary and utterly irresistible. Around him, others are fighing their own small battles-and losing. Lee Prewitt a nonconformist hero who refuses to box at Schofield Barracks and is slowly destroyed by his own rebelliousness. Jacket photograph by Pat Maestro.įrom Here to Eternity is a commanding novel of the soldiers who were poised on the brink of real manhood when World War II flung them unceremoniously into that abyss. Presentation edition, signed by James Jones on the half-title page. First edition of the author’s first book, one of the great novels of World War II.

From here to eternity by james jones