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James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American novelist renowned for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath.
James Jones (born November 6, 1921, Robinson, Illinois, U.S.—died May 9, 1977, Southampton, New York) was an American novelist best known for From Here to Eternity (1951), a novel about the peacetime army in Hawaii just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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.
James Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was a midwestern American author who wrote in the tradition of naturalism. His novels and short stories often celebrated human endurance. He is best known for the fictional portrayals of his real life accounts as a witness to the Pearl Harbor attacks and as a soldier in World War II .
WHO IS JAMES JONES? James Ramon Jones was born to Ramon and Ada Blessing Jones on November 6, 1921. He enlisted in the United States Army upon graduation from high school in his native Robinson, Illinois, in 1939 and was sent to Hawaii, where he served in the 27th Infantry.
James Ramon Jones was an instantaneous success with the publication of his first novel, From Here to Eternity, which received wide acclaim as one of the best fictional treatments of...
Oct 18, 2021 · Prew, the ill-fated antihero of James Jones’ debut novel, From Here to Eternity, has been busted to private after complaining that a man less skilled than he had been made chief bugler at his previous duty post.
James Jones (1921–1977), one of the major novelists of his generation, is known primarily as the author of fiction that probes the effects of World War II on the individual soldier.
Aug 22, 2016 · In James Jones: The Limits of Eternity, literary scholar Tony J. Williams examines the significance of Jones’s work not only for its nuance and daring subject matter but also for its...
Oct 30, 2014 · James Jones. University of Chicago Press, Oct 30, 2014 - Biography & Autobiography - 218 pages. This “unique and fascinating” WWII memoir by the acclaimed author of From Here to Eternity and...
