Easton Press John Hersey books:
Life sketches - signed first edition - 1989
Hiroshima - 2007
Franklin Library John Hersey books:
The Walnut Door - limited first edition (not signed John Hersey) - 1977
A Bell for Adano - signed limited edition - 1978
The Wall - signed limited edition - 1982
The Call - signed first edition - 1985
A Bell for Adano - Pulitzer Prize classic - 1986
Blues - signed first edition - 1987
John Hersey biography
John Hersey was an American author and journalist who was born in Tientsin, China, and educated at Yale University and Cambridge University. John Hersey joined the staff of the weekly new magazine Time in 1937, and during World War Two Hersey served as a Time correspondent in both the Pacific and European theaters of operations. Subsequently John Hersey was a senior editor of Life and editor of the magazine '47 and '48. John Hersey is the author of numerous books such as: A Bell for Adano, Into the Valley, Men on Bataan and more notable books.
An American missionary in China, David Treadup, is the protagonist of John Hersey’s magnificent novel, a novel whose richness of character, color, and incident both explores the evangelical impulse in this country the peculiarly American spirit of wanting to help others and reflects the whole complex history of China from 1900 to the aftermath of World War II.
A Bell for Adano
An
Italian-American major during World War II wins the love and admiration
of the local townspeople when he searches for a replacement for the 700
year-old town bell that had been melted down for bullets by the
fascists.
Life sketches
John Hersey presents a
collection of his biographical sketches of memorable individuals both
famous and obscure, from Sinclair Lewis and John F. Kennedy to the
children of the Holocaust.
Hiroshima
On August 6,
1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a
city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what
happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this
timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic.
The Wall
Riveting
& compelling, The Wall tells the inspiring story of forty men &
women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John
Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi
persecution & as a personal confrontation with torture, starvation,
humiliation & cruelty a gripping, visceral story, impossible to put
down.
Blues
From the revered Pulitzer Prize
winning journalist and writer, comes his National Bestseller on one of
the world’s oldest and most popular activities, fishing. Presented in
narrative form as a conversation between a Fisherman and the Stranger,
Hersey draws upon his own experiences and passion as the fisherman
reflects on the age old sport, offering his own insights and thoughts.
From the depths of the ocean to the creatures near the shore, Hersey
perfectly answers why fishing has been such an integral part of
humanity.
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