Books with author John HERSEY

A Novel by a young War correspondent, it is a novel but also the truth

The story on an Italian-American major who wins the love and admiration of a small Sicilian village when he tries to repalce the 700-year-old town bell that was melted down by the Fascists.

BCE Ediotion - Hardcover with DJ. Book is clean and unmarked, has a deckle edge with normal foxing. Normal shelf and edge wear from handling. DJ is good with wear around the edges. Satisfaction guaranteed!

Vintage paperback

Retells the stories of PT-109, combat at Guadalcanal, and the crew of a crashed B-52 attempting to survive on a small raft in the Pacific.

HIROSHIMA by John Hershey 1946 Hardcover 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches 117 pages Alfred A. Knopf

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A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching for dam sites. Pulled on a junk hauled by forty-odd trackers, he is carried, too, into the settled, ancient way of life of the people of the Yangtze -- until the interplay of his life with theirs comes to a dramatic climax.

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Book by Hersey, John

A Bell for Adano tells the story of an Italian-American officer in Sicily during World War II who wins the respect and admiration of the people of the town of Adano by helping them find a replacement for the 700-year-old town bell that the Fascists had melted down for rifle barrels.