{"title":"Dalton Trumbo","description":"Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 - September 10, 1976) was among the most prolific and important literary figures of his time. One of the famous Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify about his alleged communist affiliations before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Blacklisted from the film industry and charged with contempt of Congress, he served an eleven-month prison sentence. Johnny Got His Gun, the most highly acclaimed work of Trumbo's extraordinary career, won a National Book award (then known as an American Book Sellers Award) in 1939. The idea for the novel came to Trumbo after he learned of a British soldier who was seriously injured during World War I. In 2015 the acclaimed film \"Trumbo,\" starring Bryan Cranston, spurred renewed interest in the author's life and works.","products":[{"product_id":"eclipse-paperback","title":"Eclipse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating novel by award-winning Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, the town of Shale City is the setting for a scathing examination of excess in the American West. Filled with lively characters, vivid description, and wry dialogue, this fast-paced story traces the rise and fall of John Abbott, a wealthy local businessman and town patriarch in the 1920s and 1930s. As a generous philanthropist, Abbott was heralded as a hero by the townspeople when times were good. But as the stock market crashes and the Great Depression hits, the town turns upon Abbott when his fortunes fade. Exposed is the darker side of small-town life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrumbo, who would later be called to testify before Congress (and was subsequently jailed and blacklisted as a member of the so-called Hollywood Ten during the McCarthy-era Red Scare), skillfully plants early warning signs in \u003cem\u003eEclipse \u003c\/em\u003eabout the political climate of the decades to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered scandalous and controversial at the time of its initial release, \u003cem\u003eEclipse \u003c\/em\u003edraws heavily from Trumbo's own boyhood experiences in Grand Junction, Colorado, and many of the characters are based on real-life citizens from that time. Over time it has come to be regarded as an honest and candid depiction of the way life really is in a small town America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in related titles from Dalton Trumbo will also want to see: \u003cem\u003eTime of the Toad\u003c\/em\u003e (paperback, ISBN 1635610974).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104816074975,"sku":"9781635610987","price":28.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3wxGS1JAKz9781635610987.webp?v=1781111378"},{"product_id":"johnny-got-his-gun-paperback","title":"Johnny Got His Gun - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. With a compelling new foreword by fellow award-winning writer E. L. Doctorow, \u003ci\u003eJohnny Got His Gun\u003c\/i\u003e is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that's as timely as ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Powerful. . . an eye-opener.\" --Michael Moore \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it.\"--\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnny 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 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCitadel Underground's edition of \"Johnny Got His Gun\" features a powerful new introduction by Ron Kovic, author of \"Born on the Fourth of July\", and also includes an introduction by Dalton Trumbo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"Johnny Got His Gun\" still remains the most powerful piece of writing to influence me after Vietnam. Upon my return from the war, and after all these twenty-two years spent in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the mid-chest down, I've read many writers that have influenced my life profoundly-- Hemingway, Conrad, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King-- but there has been nothing out of that body of great literature to compare to this book... \"Johnny Got His Gun\" remains the most revolutionary, searing document against was and injustice ever written.\" --Ron Kovic, from his introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"{This} is a terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.\" --The Washington Post \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"Johnny Got His Gun\" is not merely a powerful antiwar document; it is also a powerful and brilliant work of the imagination... Mr. Trumbo has written a book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it.\" --Saturday Review \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A terrible story, remorseless, uncompromising... this book was a shocking and violent experience.\" --Herald Tribune \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There can be no question of the effectiveness of this book.\" --The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50108463284447,"sku":"9780806528472","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/qr-2DEhUCV9780806528472.webp?v=1781228482"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/dalton-trumbo.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}