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James Ramon Jones was born and raised in Robinson, Illinois, the son of Ramon and Ada M. (née Blessing) Jones.He enlisted in the United States Army in 1939 at the age of 17 and served in the 25th Infantry Division, 27th Infantry Regiment before and during World War II, first in Hawaii at Schofield Barracks on Oahu, then in combat on Guadalcanal at the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping ...
James F. Jones (minister) (1907–1971), African American religious leader and founder of the Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, Inc. Jim Jones (James Warren Jones, 1931–1978), cult leader of the Peoples Temple responsible for the collective suicide at Jonestown, Guyana; James Jones (bishop) (born 1948), former Anglican bishop of ...
The Thin Red Line is American author James Jones's fourth novel. It draws heavily on Jones's experiences at the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse during World War II's Guadalcanal campaign. The author served in the United States Army's 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
From Here to Eternity is the debut novel of American author James Jones, published by Scribner's in 1951. Set in 1941, the novel focuses on several members of a U.S. Army infantry company stationed in Hawaii in the months leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Some Came Running is a novel by James Jones, published in 1958.It was Jones's second published novel, following his award-winning debut From Here to Eternity.It is the story of a war veteran with literary aspirations who returns in 1948 to his hometown of Parkman, Illinois, [2] after a failed writing career.
The Merry Month of May is author James Jones's 1971 novel concerning the events of the 1968 student revolutions in Paris. [1] It is centered on a rich American family, the Gallaghers, living as expatriates in Paris. The Merry Month of May is only superficially concerned with the student revolution. The real subject of the novel is the sexual ...
Jones presented the characters of Mart Winch, Bobby Prell, Marion Landers, and Johnny Strange as Welsh, Witt, Fife, and Storm in The Thin Red Line. James Jones died in 1977 before finishing the novel. The final three chapters were completed by Willie Morris based on taped conversations with the author and extensive notes he had already written. [2]
The Society's best known award is the Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship, co-sponsored by Wilkes University.It was established in 1992, and as of 2025 is a $12,000 prize, and two $1,000 runner up awards, awarded to American authors of first novels in progress that honor "the spirit of unblinking honesty, determination, and insight into modern culture" that Jones's works exemplified. 667 ...