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FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 1:37 PM

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From: jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us (Joanna Butler)
To: fictionl@nslsilus.ORG
Subject: Help! No arms, no legs
Date: Mon, Dec 27, 1999, 7:38 AM


Here's one I know you'll be able to answer:

A patron read a book years ago about a fictional patient during the war
with no arms, no legs, and no face. He was fed through a tube in his
stomach. He was able to communicate via morse code tapped out on the wall
with his head. The title may include the word "gun". Patron believes this
may be a classic, but I've drawn a blank. Hope you can help!

Joanna Butler
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Carmel Clay Public Library
Carmel, Indiana
jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us

FROM: "Donna El Tabib" <ElTabibD@boulder.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 1:54 PM

Joanna-

I think this might be Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo. I remember reading it in high school - it was an incredibly powerful book.

Cheers.
Donna

Donna El Tabib
Boulder Public Library
Boulder, CO
eltabibd@boulder.lib.co.us

FROM: "Nancy A. Weitendorf, PSL-A/PRG" <NWEITENDORF@ESCHER.dnet.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 2:07 PM

Could this be Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo?

Nancy Weitendorf
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Parma Ridge Branch
Parma OH

FROM: "Anne Kabel" <kabelann@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 2:12 PM

that sounds like Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

Anne Kabel
Adult Reading Librarian
Baldwin Public Library
300 W. Merrill
P.O. Box 3002
Birmingham MI 48012-3002
248- 647-1700

FROM: "Diana Tixier Herald" <dherald@wic.net>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 2:13 PM

FROM: "Jaffe" <kjaffe@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 2:14 PM

Hi all,

I believe it's Johnny got his gun by Dalton Trumbo

Karen Jaffe
Comsewogue Public Library

FROM: "Aurora Arce" <aurora@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 2:22 PM

This sounds like Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.

Fiction_L wrote:

> ----------
> From: jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us (Joanna Butler)
> To: fictionl@nslsilus.ORG
> Subject: Help! No arms, no legs
> Date: Mon, Dec 27, 1999, 7:38 AM
>
> Here's one I know you'll be able to answer:
>
> A patron read a book years ago about a fictional patient during the war
> with no arms, no legs, and no face. He was fed through a tube in his
> stomach. He was able to communicate via morse code tapped out on the wall
> with his head. The title may include the word "gun". Patron believes this
> may be a classic, but I've drawn a blank. Hope you can help!
>
> Joanna Butler
> Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Carmel Clay Public Library
> Carmel, Indiana
> jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us

FROM: "Beth Andersen" <bandersen@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 2:27 PM

Sounds like Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, first published in 1939. It
is a horrifying story indeed and is considered a classic.

Beth E. Andersen
Information Resources
Ann Arbor (MI) District Library

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FROM: <jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 2:40 PM

Tnanks for your help! The book is Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo. My patron will be so happy!
Hope your holidays are merry!
Joanna
>
>From: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
>Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:41:13 -0600
>To: fictionl <fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: FW: Help! No arms, no legs (fwd)
>
>
>
>----------
>From: jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us (Joanna Butler)
>To: fictionl@nslsilus.ORG
>Subject: Help! No arms, no legs
>Date: Mon, Dec 27, 1999, 7:38 AM
>
>
>Here's one I know you'll be able to answer:
>
>A patron read a book years ago about a fictional patient during the war
>with no arms, no legs, and no face. He was fed through a tube in his
>stomach. He was able to communicate via morse code tapped out on the wall
>with his head. The title may include the word "gun". Patron believes this
>may be a classic, but I've drawn a blank. Hope you can help!
>
>Joanna Butler
>Readers' Advisory Librarian
>Carmel Clay Public Library
>Carmel, Indiana
>jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us
>
>
>

FROM: "Jim Keith" <keithj@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 3:11 PM

Hi-
I believe this was also made into a movie of the same name starring Timothy Bottoms, if memory serves.

Jim Keith
Waukegan Public Library

Joanna Butler wrote:

> Tnanks for your help! The book is Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo. My patron will be so happy!
> Hope your holidays are merry!
> Joanna
> >
> >From: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
> >Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:41:13 -0600
> >To: fictionl <fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org>
> >Subject: FW: Help! No arms, no legs (fwd)
> >
> >
> >
> >----------
> >From: jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us (Joanna Butler)
> >To: fictionl@nslsilus.ORG
> >Subject: Help! No arms, no legs
> >Date: Mon, Dec 27, 1999, 7:38 AM
> >
> >
> >Here's one I know you'll be able to answer:
> >
> >A patron read a book years ago about a fictional patient during the war
> >with no arms, no legs, and no face. He was fed through a tube in his
> >stomach. He was able to communicate via morse code tapped out on the wall
> >with his head. The title may include the word "gun". Patron believes this
> >may be a classic, but I've drawn a blank. Hope you can help!
> >
> >Joanna Butler
> >Readers' Advisory Librarian
> >Carmel Clay Public Library
> >Carmel, Indiana
> >jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us
> >
> >
> >

FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 3:17 PM

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From: "MA_Bob (Bob Lunn)" <MA_Bob@KCLIBRARY.ORG>
To: "'Fiction_L '" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
Subject: RE: Help! No arms, no legs (fwd)
Date: Mon, Dec 27, 1999, 2:54 PM

Try Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. The plot is what you're describing.
Hope this helps.

Bob Lunn, Kansas City Public Library
ma_bob@kclibrary.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L
To: fictionl
Sent: 12/27/99 1:41 PM
Subject: FW: Help! No arms, no legs (fwd)

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From: jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us (Joanna Butler)
To: fictionl@nslsilus.ORG
Subject: Help! No arms, no legs
Date: Mon, Dec 27, 1999, 7:38 AM


Here's one I know you'll be able to answer:

A patron read a book years ago about a fictional patient during the war
with no arms, no legs, and no face. He was fed through a tube in his
stomach. He was able to communicate via morse code tapped out on the
wall
with his head. The title may include the word "gun". Patron believes
this
may be a classic, but I've drawn a blank. Hope you can help!

Joanna Butler
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Carmel Clay Public Library
Carmel, Indiana
jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us

FROM: <KATIEL@sfpl.lib.ca.us>
REC'D: 12/27/99, 6:56 PM

The book is "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo.

Katie Lynds
San Francisco Public Library
katiel@sfpl.lib.ca.us

FROM: "Nancy Eggert" <neggert@chipublib.org>
REC'D: 12/28/99, 1:09 PM

This is Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got HIs Gun.

Nancy Eggert
Northtown Branch
Chicago Public Library

FROM: "Pam Langhoff" <paml@alpha1.rpls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 12/29/99, 11:23 AM

Fiction_L wrote:
>
> ----------
> From: jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us (Joanna Butler)
> To: fictionl@nslsilus.ORG
> Subject: Help! No arms, no legs
> Date: Mon, Dec 27, 1999, 7:38 AM
>
> Here's one I know you'll be able to answer:
>
> A patron read a book years ago about a fictional patient during the war
> with no arms, no legs, and no face. He was fed through a tube in his
> stomach. He was able to communicate via morse code tapped out on the wall
> with his head. The title may include the word "gun". Patron believes this
> may be a classic, but I've drawn a blank. Hope you can help!
>
> Joanna Butler
> Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Carmel Clay Public Library
> Carmel, Indiana
> jbutler@carmel.lib.in.us
This sounds like "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo.

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