Hersey, John 1914-1993
Overview
| Works: | 524 works in 2,302 publications in 22 languages and 63,507 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction History War fiction Historical fiction Action and adventure fiction War stories Pastoral fiction Pictorial works Criticism, interpretation, etc Sea stories |
| Roles: | Author, Annotator, Editor, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Other, Author of screenplay, Author of introduction, Illustrator |
| Classifications: | PS3515.E7715, 813.5 |
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Most widely held works about
John Hersey
- John Hersey by David Sanders( Book )
- American war literature, 1914 to Vietnam by Jeffrey Walsh( Book )
- The mythopoeic reality : the postwar American nonfiction novel by Masʼud Zavarzadeh( Book )
- John Hersey revisited by David Sanders( Book )
- Understanding the literature of World War II : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents by James H Meredith( Book )
- The survival tales of John Hersey by Nancy Lyman Huse( Book )
- Into the valley; a skirmish of the marines by John Hersey( Book )
- Fifty years of the American novel; a Christian appraisal by Harold C Gardiner( Book )
- Mr. Straight Arrow : the career of John Hersey, author of Hiroshima by Jeremy Treglown( Book )
- CliffsNotes Hiroshima by Susan Van Kirk( )
- John Hersey and James Agee : a reference guide by Nancy Lyman Huse( Book )
- Writers at work : the Paris review interviews, eighth series( Book )
- In my opinion; an inquiry into the contemporary novel by Orville Prescott( Book )
- Into the valley : Marines at Guadalcanal by John Hersey( Book )
- John Hersey's A bell for Adano, Hiroshima, and other works; a critical commentary by Francis R Gemme( Book )
- The war lover by Philip Leacock( Visual )
- A study guide for John Hersey's "A bell for Adano."( )
- John Hersey interview with Kay Bonetti by John Hersey( Recording )
- An Integrated teaching unit on John Hersey's Hiroshima developed at Purdue University( Book )
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Most widely held works by
John Hersey
Hiroshima by
John Hersey(
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384 editions published between 1946 and 2019 in 18 languages and held by 9,408 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast
384 editions published between 1946 and 2019 in 18 languages and held by 9,408 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast
A bell for Adano by
John Hersey(
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176 editions published between 1944 and 2019 in 11 languages and held by 4,518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An Italian-American major, part of American occupation forces in Sicily during World War II, tries to reform the town in his charge by being decent to people. His efforts are epitomized by his efforts to replace the 700-year-old bell melted down for bullets by the fascists
176 editions published between 1944 and 2019 in 11 languages and held by 4,518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An Italian-American major, part of American occupation forces in Sicily during World War II, tries to reform the town in his charge by being decent to people. His efforts are epitomized by his efforts to replace the 700-year-old bell melted down for bullets by the fascists
The wall by
John Hersey(
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158 editions published between 1937 and 2019 in 9 languages and held by 3,418 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Wall tells the inspirational story of forty men and women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an symbol of Nazi persecution and as a personal confrontation with cruelty, torture, starvation and humiliation
158 editions published between 1937 and 2019 in 9 languages and held by 3,418 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Wall tells the inspirational story of forty men and women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an symbol of Nazi persecution and as a personal confrontation with cruelty, torture, starvation and humiliation
A single pebble by
John Hersey(
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84 editions published between 1956 and 2019 in 8 languages and held by 2,633 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
While in China on business in the 1920s, a young American engineer becomes involved in the lives of people who live on a junk on the Yangtze River
84 editions published between 1956 and 2019 in 8 languages and held by 2,633 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
While in China on business in the 1920s, a young American engineer becomes involved in the lives of people who live on a junk on the Yangtze River
The child buyer : a novel in the form of hearings before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, & Public Morality of
a certain State Senate, investigating the conspiracy of Mr. Wissey Jones, with others, to purchase a male child by
John Hersey(
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63 editions published between 1960 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Written in the form of a legislative hearing. A satire with overtones of horror on American public education, with special barbs for superintendents, school psychologists, doting teachers, PTA leaders, materialist parents, and ignorant legislators. An exposé of the corruptible ego in each man." "This powerful indictment of the American educational system and the material values placed on intelligence in our society takes the form of a Senate hearing. The Senate investigation concerns the attempts of Wissey Jones to buy Barry Rudd, a precociously brilliant child. Through a series of medical procedures and the use of drugs, the child is transformed into an extremely efficient thinking machine. That the child's personality is of secondary importance compared to the benefits to be derived from this supercomputer is at the crux of the argument. Barry's parents and the local educational authorities are initially opposed but are slowly won over by Jones's appeals to their vanity."
63 editions published between 1960 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,979 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Written in the form of a legislative hearing. A satire with overtones of horror on American public education, with special barbs for superintendents, school psychologists, doting teachers, PTA leaders, materialist parents, and ignorant legislators. An exposé of the corruptible ego in each man." "This powerful indictment of the American educational system and the material values placed on intelligence in our society takes the form of a Senate hearing. The Senate investigation concerns the attempts of Wissey Jones to buy Barry Rudd, a precociously brilliant child. Through a series of medical procedures and the use of drugs, the child is transformed into an extremely efficient thinking machine. That the child's personality is of secondary importance compared to the benefits to be derived from this supercomputer is at the crux of the argument. Barry's parents and the local educational authorities are initially opposed but are slowly won over by Jones's appeals to their vanity."
The Algiers Motel incident by
John Hersey(
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43 editions published between 1968 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,978 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A personal investigation into the deaths of three black youths during the Detroit riots
43 editions published between 1968 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,978 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A personal investigation into the deaths of three black youths during the Detroit riots
Too far to walk by
John Hersey(
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35 editions published between 1965 and 2019 in English and Spanish and held by 1,913 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A listless college student who longs to have fulfilling experiences and be a charismatic figure makes a Faustian bargain
35 editions published between 1965 and 2019 in English and Spanish and held by 1,913 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A listless college student who longs to have fulfilling experiences and be a charismatic figure makes a Faustian bargain
Manzanar = Ringoen by
John Armor(
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17 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 1,851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chronicles the internments of Japanese Americans in the United States during the mid 1940s
17 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 1,851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chronicles the internments of Japanese Americans in the United States during the mid 1940s
The call by
John Hersey(
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22 editions published between 1985 and 1986 in English and held by 1,826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Het leven van een Amerikaanse zendeling in China aan het eind van de 19e en het begin van de 20e eeuw
22 editions published between 1985 and 1986 in English and held by 1,826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Het leven van een Amerikaanse zendeling in China aan het eind van de 19e en het begin van de 20e eeuw
The war lover by
John Hersey(
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40 editions published between 1959 and 1979 in English and held by 1,781 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"War Lover follows Buzz Morrow, a pilot who glorifies war and his military duties. The author makes the point that wars exist precisely because there are men like Buzz who revel in them. At the same time, he also gives us a detailed account of a Flying Fortress crew based in England during WW II." --
40 editions published between 1959 and 1979 in English and held by 1,781 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"War Lover follows Buzz Morrow, a pilot who glorifies war and his military duties. The author makes the point that wars exist precisely because there are men like Buzz who revel in them. At the same time, he also gives us a detailed account of a Flying Fortress crew based in England during WW II." --
White lotus by
John Hersey(
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46 editions published between 1964 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,739 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
White Lotus tells of her enslavement as a girl of 15 when a yellow race overran Arizona and took her to an eastern country. An allegory with parallels to the Negro-white history in America
46 editions published between 1964 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,739 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
White Lotus tells of her enslavement as a girl of 15 when a yellow race overran Arizona and took her to an eastern country. An allegory with parallels to the Negro-white history in America
Under the eye of the storm by
John Hersey(
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33 editions published between 1967 and 2019 in 5 languages and held by 1,714 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When their sailboat Harmony is thrust into the center of a great storm, two men and their wives face some brutal changes both in themselves and in their relationships with each other
33 editions published between 1967 and 2019 in 5 languages and held by 1,714 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When their sailboat Harmony is thrust into the center of a great storm, two men and their wives face some brutal changes both in themselves and in their relationships with each other
The conspiracy : a novel by
John Hersey(
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27 editions published between 1972 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,579 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nero's secret police believe they have come on the first hints of a plot against the emperor's life. Once promising and gifted-friend of poets, pupil of the great Seneca-Nero has now bloodied himself and grown fat on power, and he has turned his back on the men of intellect who used to be his chosen circle. He has driven Seneca into retirement. He has proscribed the writings of Lucan, Rome's foremost poet. Crass, mediocre men-the military and the secret police-now have his ear and favor. While he and his court give themselves to dreamlike pleasures and fetes, the obsessed secret police close in on (or do they foment, or imagine') the conspiracy of the men of letters
27 editions published between 1972 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,579 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nero's secret police believe they have come on the first hints of a plot against the emperor's life. Once promising and gifted-friend of poets, pupil of the great Seneca-Nero has now bloodied himself and grown fat on power, and he has turned his back on the men of intellect who used to be his chosen circle. He has driven Seneca into retirement. He has proscribed the writings of Lucan, Rome's foremost poet. Crass, mediocre men-the military and the secret police-now have his ear and favor. While he and his court give themselves to dreamlike pleasures and fetes, the obsessed secret police close in on (or do they foment, or imagine') the conspiracy of the men of letters
Ralph Ellison : a collection of critical essays by
John Hersey(
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14 editions published between 1973 and 1974 in English and held by 1,416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This society has structured itself so as to be unaware of what it owes in both the positive and negative sense to the condition of inhumanity that it has imposed upon a great mass of its citizens. The fact that many whites refuse to recognize this is responsible for much of the anger erupting among young blacks today. It makes them furious that whites respond to their complaints with, "Yes, but I had nothing to do with any of that," or who reply to their demands for equal opportunity in a racially rigged society with, "We're against a quota system because we made it on our individual merits" -- because this not only sidesteps a pressing reality, but it is only partially true. Perhaps they did make it on their own, but if that's true the way was made easier because their parents did not have to contend with my parents, who were ruled out of the competition. - Ralph Ellison - Introduction
14 editions published between 1973 and 1974 in English and held by 1,416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This society has structured itself so as to be unaware of what it owes in both the positive and negative sense to the condition of inhumanity that it has imposed upon a great mass of its citizens. The fact that many whites refuse to recognize this is responsible for much of the anger erupting among young blacks today. It makes them furious that whites respond to their complaints with, "Yes, but I had nothing to do with any of that," or who reply to their demands for equal opportunity in a racially rigged society with, "We're against a quota system because we made it on our individual merits" -- because this not only sidesteps a pressing reality, but it is only partially true. Perhaps they did make it on their own, but if that's true the way was made easier because their parents did not have to contend with my parents, who were ruled out of the competition. - Ralph Ellison - Introduction
Here to stay by
John Hersey(
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36 editions published between 1962 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Hersey tells the story of an old lady marooned on a rooftop amidst floods caused by a hurricane. He ends with his famour Hinoshima
36 editions published between 1962 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Hersey tells the story of an old lady marooned on a rooftop amidst floods caused by a hurricane. He ends with his famour Hinoshima
Antonietta : a novel by
John Hersey(
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13 editions published between 1991 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"John Hersey's brilliantly inventive novel is the romantic odyssey of a Stradivarius violin from its creation three hundred years ago in Cremona through its many adventures in the hands of the famous and infamous ... It begins in 1699 as the great Stradivari, in love at fifty-five, fashions a magnificent instrument and names it Antonietta, after the object of his desire. It ends on Martha's Vineyard with a tone-deaf financier purchasing Antonietta to improve his image as a person of culture. In the intervening years--a sparkling variety of incidents--we see Stradivari's bewitching violin affecting the lives of: the young Mozart in Paris ... the fiercely ambitious Berlioz ... and Stravinsky ... The composers come alive in all their idiosyncrasies, and Antonietta becomes a compelling presence--giving voice to the changing character, and eternal art, of music over the centuries."
13 editions published between 1991 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"John Hersey's brilliantly inventive novel is the romantic odyssey of a Stradivarius violin from its creation three hundred years ago in Cremona through its many adventures in the hands of the famous and infamous ... It begins in 1699 as the great Stradivari, in love at fifty-five, fashions a magnificent instrument and names it Antonietta, after the object of his desire. It ends on Martha's Vineyard with a tone-deaf financier purchasing Antonietta to improve his image as a person of culture. In the intervening years--a sparkling variety of incidents--we see Stradivari's bewitching violin affecting the lives of: the young Mozart in Paris ... the fiercely ambitious Berlioz ... and Stravinsky ... The composers come alive in all their idiosyncrasies, and Antonietta becomes a compelling presence--giving voice to the changing character, and eternal art, of music over the centuries."
The walnut door by
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24 editions published between 1977 and 2019 in English and held by 1,206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Writing at the height of his powers, John Hersey has created a taut, dazzling novel of suspense and revelation-in which we watch, mesmerized, the fateful convergence of two lives. A young woman, having fled from her suddenly unbearable "college kid" self-and from the place, even the lover, that were part of it-comes alone to a strange city, anxiously waiting for something new and important to begin. A man-breezy, ponytailed, beautiful-stranded by the passing of the sixties whose excitements had nurtured and consumed him, now lavishes his whole self on loving craftsmanship, on the construction of simple, perfect wooden doors, on the mystery of locks, and on the artful offering of security (his locks and doors) to women who are alone. The meeting of these two, and their love affair-its choreography masterminded by one, unsuspected by the other-are hypnotically told in a novel that illumines the fearful and the fear-makers in our decade
24 editions published between 1977 and 2019 in English and held by 1,206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Writing at the height of his powers, John Hersey has created a taut, dazzling novel of suspense and revelation-in which we watch, mesmerized, the fateful convergence of two lives. A young woman, having fled from her suddenly unbearable "college kid" self-and from the place, even the lover, that were part of it-comes alone to a strange city, anxiously waiting for something new and important to begin. A man-breezy, ponytailed, beautiful-stranded by the passing of the sixties whose excitements had nurtured and consumed him, now lavishes his whole self on loving craftsmanship, on the construction of simple, perfect wooden doors, on the mystery of locks, and on the artful offering of security (his locks and doors) to women who are alone. The meeting of these two, and their love affair-its choreography masterminded by one, unsuspected by the other-are hypnotically told in a novel that illumines the fearful and the fear-makers in our decade
My petition for more space by
John Hersey(
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24 editions published between 1937 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In an overcrowded world where acquiescence is the law of survival, a New Haven man petitions the government for more space
24 editions published between 1937 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In an overcrowded world where acquiescence is the law of survival, a New Haven man petitions the government for more space
Key West tales by
John Hersey(
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13 editions published between 1993 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,075 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains a collection of short stories set in Key West, Florida
13 editions published between 1993 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,075 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains a collection of short stories set in Key West, Florida
Into the valley; a skirmish of the marines by
John Hersey(
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38 editions published between 1943 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,073 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
38 editions published between 1943 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,073 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Herman Finkelstein Collection (Library of Congress)
- Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard) 1879-1957
- Chappell, Warren 1904-1991
- Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Rosenwald, Edith Goodkind
- Sanders, David 1926- Author
- Mazal Holocaust Collection
- Armor, John Author Editor
- Adams, Ansel 1902-1984 Other Author
- Wright, Peter 1946-
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Alternative Names
H., J. R. 1914-1993
H., J. R. (John Richard Hersey) 1914-1993
Harsī, Jona
Harsī, Jona 1914-1993
Hersej, Džon
Hersey John
Hersey, John, 1914-
Hersey, John R.
Hersey, John R. 1914-1993
Hersey John Richard
Hersey, John Richard 1914-
Hersey, John Richard 1914-1993
Hersi, Džon
Hērsijs, Džons 1914-1993
Hersis Džonas
Ioannes Hersey
J. R. H 1914-1993
J. R. H (John Richard Hersey), 1914-1993
John Hersey Amerikaans journalist (1914-1993)
John Hersey escritor y periodista estadounidense
John Hersey giornalista e scrittore statunitense
John Hersey pisarz amerykański
John Hersey US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Journalist
John Richard Hersey
Τζον Χέρσυ
Джон Хёрси
Херси Джон
ג'ון הרסי
הרסי, ג'ון
הרסי, ג'ון, 1914-
הרסי, ג'ון ריצ'ארד
הרסי, ג'ון ריצ'רד 1914-1993
הרסיי, ג'והן
הרסיי, ג'והן ריצ'רד 1914-1993
جان هرسی
جون هيرسي، 1914-1993
هرسی, جان
허쉬, 존 1914-1993
허시, 존 1914-1993
허시, 존 리차드 1914-1993
허시, 존 리처드 1914-1993
허어시, 존 1914-1993
ジョン・ハーシー
ハーシー, ジョン
海爾塞.
約翰·赫西
约翰·赫赛
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