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JH

John Hersey

USA · WWII journalism

About

War correspondent whose Hiroshima, published as an entire issue of The New Yorker in 1946, changed.

Books in Database (2)

A Bell for Adano cover
A Bell for Adano 1944 · 269 pages

An Italian-American major governs a liberated Sicilian town and replaces the bell the fascists melted down.

Historical Fiction
Hiroshima cover
Hiroshima 1946 · 152 pages

Six survivors of the atomic bombing tell their stories, from the moment of detonation through the aftermath.

Popular History

Events Covered

1943 Italian Campaign 1945 Atomic Bombings