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The novel won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939. | The novel won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939. | ||
Joe Bonham, a young American soldier serving in World War I, awakens in a hospital bed after being caught in the blast of an exploding artillery shell. | Joe Bonham, a young American soldier serving in World War I, awakens in a hospital bed after being caught in the blast of an exploding artillery shell. | ||
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He gradually realizes that he has lost his arms, legs, and all of his face (including his eyes, ears, teeth, and tongue), but that his mind functions perfectly, leaving him a prisoner in his own body. | He gradually realizes that he has lost his arms, legs, and all of his face (including his eyes, ears, teeth, and tongue), but that his mind functions perfectly, leaving him a prisoner in his own body. | ||
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File:Dalton Trumbo prison 1950.jpg|link=Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|[[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|Dalton Trumbo]] auditions for bit part in movie version of ''Johnny Got His Gun''. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Johnny Got His Gun (movie)]] | * [[Johnny Got His Gun (movie)]] | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)]] | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun Johnny Got His Gun] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun Johnny Got His Gun] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 08:22, 24 June 2016
Johnny Got His Gun is an anti-war novel written in 1938 by American novelist and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction) and published September 1939 by J. B. Lippincott.
The novel won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939.
Joe Bonham, a young American soldier serving in World War I, awakens in a hospital bed after being caught in the blast of an exploding artillery shell.
He gradually realizes that he has lost his arms, legs, and all of his face (including his eyes, ears, teeth, and tongue), but that his mind functions perfectly, leaving him a prisoner in his own body.
In the News
Dalton Trumbo auditions for bit part in movie version of Johnny Got His Gun.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Johnny Got His Gun @ Wikipedia