{"product_id":"the-thin-red-line-paperback","title":"The Thin Red Line - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrancine Prose\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are the men of C-for-Charlie company--\"Mad\" 1st Sgt. Eddie Welsh, Pvt. 1st Class Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them--infantrymen who are about to land, grim and white-faced, on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the days ahead, some will earn medals, others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad--and the living from the dead--in this unforgettable portrait that captures for all time the total experience of men at war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Foreword by Francine Prose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Brutal, direct, and powerful . . . The men are real, the words are real, death is real, imminent and immediate.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A rare and splendid accomplishment . . . strong and ambitious, spacious, and as honest as any novel ever written.\"-- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" A] major novel of combat in World War II . . . reminiscent of Stephen Crane in \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Thin Red Line \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003emoves so intensely and inexorably that it almost seems like the war it is describing.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe World War II classic by the bestselling author of \"From Here to Eternity and \"Whistle, now a major motion picture from 20th Century Fox. \u003cbr\u003eThey are the men of C-for-Charlie Company--\"Mad\" 1st\/Sgt. Eddie Welsh, S\/Sgt. Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them--infantrymen in \"this man's army\" who are about to land grim and white-faced on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. \u003cbr\u003eIn the days ahead some will earn medals; others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad--and the living from the dead--in this unforgettable portrait that captures for all time the total experience of men at war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687009062975,"sku":"9780385324083","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3420d955aecd1e525da1bcb0f2eea36e.webp?v=1764977152","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-thin-red-line-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}