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Whistle (The World War II Trilogy Book 3) Kindle Edition

by James Jones (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 191 ratings
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Four World War II infantrymen recover at an army hospital, and struggle to readjust to the home front, in this New York Times–bestselling novel.
 At the end of a long journey across the Pacific, a ship catches sight of California. On board are hundreds of injured soldiers, survivors of the American infantry’s battle to wrest the South Seas from the Japanese Empire. As the men on deck cheer their imminent return to their families, wives, and favorite girls, four stay below, unable to join in the celebration. These men are broken by war and haunted by what they learned there of the savagery of mankind. As they convalesce in a hospital in Memphis, the pain of that knowledge will torment them far worse than any wound. The third of James Jones’s epics based on his life in the army, this posthumously published novel draws on his own experiences to depict the horrors of war and their persistence even after the jungle is left behind.  This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author’s estate.
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    May 10, 2011
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“Jones was a powerful naturalistic chronicler of certain essential realities of warfare and of the responses of men at war.” —The New York Times Book Review “Few men write as effectively about the American army as James Jones.” —Newsweek “The only one of my contemporaries who I felt had more talent than myself was James Jones. And he has also been the only writer of any time for whom I felt any love.” —Norman Mailer

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James Jones (1921–1977) was one of the most accomplished American authors of the World War II generation. He served in the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1944, and was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as the battle for Guadalcanal, where he was decorated with a purple heart and bronze star. Jones’s experiences informed his epic novels From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. His other works include Some Came Running, The Pistol, Go to the Widow-Maker, The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories, The Merry Month of May, A Touch of Danger, Whistle, and To the End of the War—a book of previously unpublished fiction.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004UNGYKS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (May 10, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 10, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8739 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 516 pages
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James Jones (1921–1977) was one of the most accomplished American authors of the World War II generation. He served in the United States Army from 1939 to 1944, and was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as the battle for Guadalcanal, where he was decorated with a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Jones’s experiences informed his epic war novels From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. His other works include Some Came Running, The Pistol, Go to the Widow-Maker, The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories, The Merry Month of May, A Touch of Danger, Whistle, and To the End of the War, a book of previously unpublished fiction.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great depiction of the times and conditions from an author who really was "there."
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2019
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This is the fourth book by James Jones that I have read. His books are not pretty, they are human. This book offers a look inside the life of four soldiers wonded in the Pacific Theatre of WWII and sent back to the states for treatment and recovery. It covers the period just before their injury, through transport home, treatment, recovery, and entry back into mainstream life. It is RAW. There is a lot of sex, but it is controversial, but not erotic. I was not alive at the time depicted in the book but I knew many men who were. I believe this to be a fairly accurate depiction of conditions of the time and what a wounded solder might have experienced. It deals a lot with PTSD which at the time depicted in the book was either considdered to not exist or it was described as "combat fatigue." This book is well worth reading on many levels. Just don't give it to your teenaged daughter...
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BradGunnerSGT
4.0 out of 5 stars Really good ending to the series, but the abrupt ending kind of ruined it
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2014
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I know that Jones died just before finishing the last couple of chapters, but even knowing that I was unprepared for the jarring switch from Jones' writing style to the space summaries of the last 3 chapter.

Jones gave his notes and ideas of how he wanted the book to end to Willie Morris. Instead of ending the book by writing the last 3 chapters, Morris simply summarized them in just a few sentences. I think it would have been a much more fitting tribute to actually take Jones' notes and expand them into 3 chapters emulating the style of the rest of the books. It would probably have been less jarring. Perhaps a small note at the end of the last "real" chapter explaining the situation might have been nice.

Overall, this was a good ending to the pseudo-trilogy of Eternity, Thin Red Line, and Whistle. Jones wrote about PTSD back when it was called "battle fatigue" and really captures some of the issues that he and other soldiers of his generation faced returning home.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Book for Veterans
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2021
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Book captures quite well the mindset of veterans. Quite realistic and bold for its time. Not an action thriller, more a psychological study
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Old Bro Dave
3.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2017
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I just needed to read this for closure I suppose. The first book is a masterpiece. The second is not up to it but still a good book. This is no way on the same level. Perhaps if Jones had lived to finish it he could have refined it a little. The final suicide and out of body jumbo jumbo was just too much for me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A timely story, considering our Middle East wars.
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2017
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Tragic, but insightful look at the effects of traumatic war experiences. We would do well to examine, as a society, what we ask young men and women to endure in war, before we commit them to such a task. And take note about how we prosecute such a war. We should be in it to win, nothing more.
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Virginia Graessle
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Psychological Portrait
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2013
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Whistle is a story about four young men who, after having been wounded in the fighting at Guadalcanal, are shipped to an army hospital in Tennessee. James Jones presents each character from a profoundly psychological yet human point of view.
As the drama unfolds, the reader begins to understand the ravages of war -- psychological and physical. Wonderful book! Whistle is the last part of Jones' famous trilogy, which includes From Here to Eternity and Thin Red Line.
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SRL2000
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book but not as good as first, second in trilogy
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2016
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Really good book but not as good as From Here to Eternity, the first of three in Jones's WWII trilogy, this being the final. Was also not as good as the second installment, The Thin Red Line. James Jones died before he completed this book and, according to an introduction, his friend/neighbor took dictation from Jones on his deathbed to summarize the ending. Unfortunately, it was a very unsatisfying conclusion as it was not in Jones's beautiful writing style, just a simple dictation and statement of fact.
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douglaspp
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2013
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Great read. James Jones is a terrific writer who gives a realistic picture of what it was like for the wounded men who returned from fighting in the Pacific. Their wounds were more than physical and the book is as much about their emotional, social and family struggles as it is about their physical recovery. This is the last of Jones trilogy so now working my way backwards to read all three.
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Clipper 314
5.0 out of 5 stars Final book of the most powerful trilogy I have read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2013
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Other reviewers have aptly described the books final saga for the characters carried through the first 2 novels, From here to Eternity & The Thin Red Line. James Jones died shortly before finishing Whistle which took over 30 years to 'almost' complete... having commenced it in 1947. In this edition the authors note explains his thinking behind carrying through the main 4 characters in the trilogy but changing their names to allow scope for including different facets of their experiences in each book. The ending of Whistle is constructed from the authors notes and recorded wishes for how he envisaged the ending to be finalised, and if anything this makes the whole reading experience all the more poignant. I have never read a more powerful and compelling saga of the consequences on men of life in the army both in peacetime & war... and can only add my respect and thanks to the author for the dedication taken in bringing this story to us. I read The Thin Red Line a few years back and re read it which prompted me to read From Here to Eternity... Whistle I read last. Ideally read them in order.
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