Johnny got his gun

Record details

General Note:	Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 7:42:39.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by William Dufris.
Summary, etc.:	This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was made safe, then nothing else mattered--not the millions of dead bodies, nor the thousands of ruined lives ... This is no ordinary novel. This is a novel that never takes the easy way out: it is shocking, violent, terrifying, horrible, uncompromising, brutal, remorseless, and gruesome ... but so is war. Johnny Got His Gun holds a place as one of the classic antiwar novels. First published in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's story of a young American soldier terribly maimed in World War I--he "survives" armless, legless, and faceless, but with his mind intact--was an immediate bestseller. This fiercely moving novel was a rallying point for many Americans who came of age during World War II, and it became perhaps the most popular novel of protest during the Vietnam era.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 110830 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web.