Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 11/21/2005 + 1223 more book reviews

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Everyone must read this book, everyone who believes war is glamorous and glory is worth risking their life, everyone who takes their hands and feet for granted. Joe Bonham will change your perspective on life, death, and war. He will humble you to the point where you are thankful you have eyes and ears and a mouth. He gives voice to the poor guys who have fought and died for liberty and other men's ambitions since the beginning of time, and tells you what medals and honor mean to a dead man. Joe has no arms and no legs. World War One left him in a hospital room deaf, blind and dumb. Mr. Trumbo's gruesome novel was banned in America during several wars, but today his unforgetable anti-hero cannot be silenced. Joe screams without a mouth to tell us the only freedom worth fighting for is the freedom to live.

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