Download or read book Into the Valley written by John Hersey and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hersey (1914?93) was a correspondent for Time and Life magazines when in 1942 he was sent to cover Guadalcanal, the largest of the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific. While there, Hersey observed a small battle upon which Into the Valley is based. While the battle itself was not of great significance, Hersey gives insightful details concerning the jungle environment, recounts conversations among the men before, during, and after battle, and describes how the wounded were evacuated as well as other works of daily heroism.