WRITER

James Jones

1921 - 1977

James Jones

James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American novelist renowned for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Jones has received more than 86,112 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. James Jones is the 942nd most popular writer (down from 924th in 2019), the 1,061st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Writer.

James Jones is most famous for his novel "From Here to Eternity" which is set in Hawaii and follows a group of soldiers stationed there during World War II.

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Notable Works

Haverhill, or, Memoirs of an officer in the army of Wolfe

1831

The Thin Red Line

Fiction, Fiction in English, World War, 1939-1945

1962

Under Milk Wood

Drama, English drama, Villages

A poetic tale of a village told by diverse voices

1953

Whistle

World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Fiction, general

1974

Mark Twain's Library of Humor

American wit and humor, Wit and humor, American wit and humor, social life and customs

1888

From here to eternity

Fiction, Fiction in English, Military History

1951

Mark Twain's Library of Humor

American wit and humor, Wit and humor, American wit and humor, social life and customs

1888

Whistle

World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Fiction, general

This third volume of a trilogy about World War II deals with the effects of the war on the lives of four soldiers.

1974

Under Milk Wood

Drama, English drama, Villages

A poetic tale of a village told by diverse voices

1950

The Thin Red Line

Fiction, Fiction in English, World War, 1939-1945

1962

From here to eternity

National Book Award Winner, award:national_book_award=1952, award:national_book_award=fiction

1951

Great American Short Stories

American fiction, short stories, American Horror tales

Contains: Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving -- [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- [Fall of the house of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- [Bartleby the scrivener](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102732W/Bartleby_the_Scrivener) / Herman Melville -- Baker's bluejay yarn / Mark Twain -- Tennessee's partner / Bret Harte -- The real thing / Henry James -- The boarded window / Ambrose Bierce -- A village singer / Mary Wilkins Freeman -- Mrs.Ripley's trip / Hamlin Garland -- A muncipial report / O. Henry -- Roman fever / Edith Wharton -- The open boat / Stephen Crane -- Unlighted lamps / Sherwood Anderson -- The man who saw through heaven / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- Silent snow, secret snow / Conrad Aiken -- He / Katherine Anne Porter -- The catbird seat / James Thurber -- The little wife / William March -- [Wash](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16245840W/Wash) / William Faulkner -- The snake / John Steinbeck -- To the mountains / Paul Horgan -- Over the river and through the wood / John O'Hara -- The wind and the snow of winter / Walter Van Tilburg Clark -- Powerhouse / Eudora Welty -- In greenwich there are many gravelled walks / Hortense Calisher.

1957