Authors: John Dos Passos
ISBN-13: 9781172424962, ISBN-10: 1172424969
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Nabu Press
Date Published: September 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)
John Dos Passos (1896–1970) was born in Chicago and graduated from Harvard in 1916. His service as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I led him to write Three Soldiers in 1919. A prolific travel writer, biographer, playwright, and novelist, he is an American classic of the twentieth century.
This grimly realistic depiction of army life follows a trio of idealists as they contend with the regimentation, violence, and boredom of military service. Incited past the point of endurance, the soldiers respond with rancor and murderous rage. This powerful exploration of warfare's dehumanizing effects remains chillingly contemporary.
Part 1 | Making the Mould | 1 |
Part 2 | The Metal Cools | 33 |
Part 3 | Machines | 85 |
Part 4 | Rust | 131 |
Part 5 | The World Outside | 191 |
Part 6 | Under the Wheels | 255 |