Recommended reading - MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

by Richard Hooker.
 
Filmed as M*A*S*H (1970), directed by Robert Altman.
 
Published by William Morrow Paperbacks.
 
First published 1968.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0688149553
ISBN-13: 978-0688149550

Description:

Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."

For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide – all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.

Born on this day – Margaret Culkin Banning:

 

Margaret Culkin Banning

Writer

March 18, 1891 – January 4, 1982

Credits:

Books:
 

A Handmaid of the Lord (1924); A New Design for the Defense Decade (1951 / 1952); A Week in New York (1941); Conduct Yourself Accordingly (1944); Country Club People (1923); Echo Answers (1960); Enough To Live On (1941); Fallen Away (1951); Give Us Our Years (1950); Half Loaves (1921); His Side Of It (1931); I Took My Love to the Country (1966); Letters from England, Summer 1942 (1943); Letters to Susan (1936); Lifeboat Number Two (1971); Mesabi (1969); Mixed Marriage (1930); Money Of Her Own (1928); Path of True Love (1933); Prelude To Love (1930); Pressure (1927); Rich Girl, Poor Girl (1928); Salud! A South American Journal (1941); Spellbinders (1922); Such Interesting People (1979); The Case for Chastity (1937); The Convert (1957); The Dowry (1955); The First Woman (1935); The Iron Will (1936); The Minnesota Arrowhead Country (1941); The Quality of Mercy (1963); The Splendid Torments (1976); The Third Son (1934); The Vine and The Olive (1964); The Will of Magda Townsend (1974); The Women of the Family (1926); This Marrying (1920); Too Young To Marry (1938); Women for Defense (1942); You Haven’t Changed (1938).

 

Movies and television:

Matinee Theatre (1956); Woman Against Woman (1938).
 

Born on this day – Robert Donat:

Robert Donat

Actor

Director

Writer

March 18, 1905 – June 9, 1958

Credits:

Compression (2024); El lado oscuro (2024); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Discovering Film (2020); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); The First Film (2015); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Living Famously (2003); Hitchcock: The Early Years (1999); 100 Years at the Movies (1994); Best of British (1987); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); The British Greats (1980); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958); Kraft Theatre (1956); Lease of Life (1954); The Magic Box (1951); The Cure for Love (1949); The Winslow Boy (1948); Captain Boycott (1947); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The New Lot (1943); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Citadel (1938); Knight Without Armor (1937); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The 39 Steps (1935); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); For Love or Money (1933); Over Night (1932); Men of Tomorrow (1932); The Cure for Love (1949); Alexander Korda, Kt (1956); Korda Interviews (1956); The Stained Glass at Fairford (1956); Royal Heritage (1952); Some of the Best (1944); Twenty Years After (1944); The Miracle of Sound (1940); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940).

Born on this day – Peter Graves:

 

Peter Graves

Actor

March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1967); 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); 300 Miles for Stephanie (1981); 7th Heaven (1997–2007); A Man of Many Ideas (1954); A Rage to Live (1965); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Addams Family Values (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (1986); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Airplane! (1980); Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Dad! (2007); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Bayou (1957); Beginning of the End (1957); Behind the Legend: Timon (2004); Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953); Best of Friends (1981); Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1954); Biography (1987–2011); Biography International (1998); Black Tuesday (1954); Branded (1966); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Burke's Law (1995); Call to Danger (1968–1973); Canyon River (1956); Cavalcade of America (1956); CBS at 75 (2003); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cimarron City (1959); Climax! (1957–1958); Cold Case (2006); Court Martial (1965–1966); Daniel Boone (1966); Darkstar: The Interactive Movie (2010); Dead Man on the Run (1975); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver (1976); Dean's Place (1976); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Death in Small Doses (1957); Diagnosis Murder (1997–1999); Dinah Shore: In Search of the Ideal Man (1973); Dinah! (1975–1976); Discover: The World of Science (with Peter Graves) (1983); East of Sumatra (1953); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Fireside Theatre (1953–1955); Fort Defiance (1951); Fort Yuma (1955); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Funny Face (1971); Fury (1955–1960); Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star (1997); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Gunsmoke (1956); Harrison Ford: The Reluctant Hero (1998); Here's Hollywood (1961); High Seas Hijack (1977); Hold Back the Night (1956); House (2005); House of Mouse / How to Be a Spy (2001); House on Haunted Hill (1999); If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987); It Conquered the World (1956); Jack's Family Adventure (2010); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2009); Killers from Space (1954); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Laredo (1966); Las Vegas Beat (1961); Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust (2009); Lesley Ann Warren: A Cinderella Story (2000); Life with Lucy (1986); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street (1984); Magic at the Roxy (1976); Matinee Theatre (1956); Matt and Jenny (1980); Men in Black II (2002); Mickey Mouse Works (1999); Minoriteam (2006); Mission: Impossible (1967–1990); Mr. Kingston (1964); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Northern Lights (1993); Number One with a Bullet (1987); Other People, Other Places (1973); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Pioneers of Television (2011); Premiere (1968); Red Planet Mars (1952); Robbers' Roost (1955); Rogue River (1951); Route 66 (1962); Run for Your Life (1966); Savannah Smiles (1982); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Scream of the Wolf (1974); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Sidecar Racers (1975); Simon & Simon (1981); Solid Gold (1987); SST: Death Flight (1977); Stalag 17 (1953); Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980); Studio 57 (1954); Studio One (1956); Super Secret Movie Rules (2004); Survival Run (1979); Texas Across the River (1966); The 12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1970); The 19th Annual CableACE Awards (1997); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997); The 5-Man Army (1969); The Alan Hamel Show (1980); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The All New Truth or Consequences (1966); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Angry Beavers (1998); The Ballad of Josie (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1971); The Bobby Vinton Show (1976); The Carol Burnett Show (1970); The Clonus Horror (1979); The Congregation (1952); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); The Daily Show (1998); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas (1974); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The F.B.I. (1967); The Factor (2007); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Gift of the Magi (1978); The Golden Girls (1991); The Great Adventure (1964); The Guns and the Fury (1981); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1972); The Invaders (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Long Gray Line (1955); The Love Boat (1978–1987); The Magical World of Disney (1966–1978); The Making of 'War & Remembrance' (2004); The Man Who Tore Down the Wall (1955); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1980); The Millionaire (1956); The Mysterious Monsters (1975); The Naked Street (1955); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Official Walkthrough of Darkstar (2010); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); The Raid (1954); The Rebels (1979); The Red Skelton Hour (1969); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1977); The Tehran Incident (1979); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2007); The Underground Man (1974); The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires (1994); The Virginian (1964); The Winds of War (1983); The Winds of War: Making 'The Winds of War' (2004); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); These Old Broads (2001); This Is Your Life (1971–1972); This Morning (1998); Today (2008); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Under the Law: Arrest and Seize (1973); Up Front (1951); Valley of Mystery (1967); Valley of the Old Ones (1974); War and Remembrance (1988); War Paint (1953); What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar (2009); Where Have All the People Gone (1974); Where's Raymond? (1953); Whiplash (1960–1961); Whiplash / Listen to the Beat (1961); Wichita (1955); Winning Your Wings (1942); With You in Spirit (2003); Wolf Larsen (1958); You Are the Jury (1987); Your Favorite Story (1954); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – John Updike:

John Updike

Writer

March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009

Credits:

Books:

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); 50 Great American Short Stories (1963); A Halloween Treat (2012); A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects (1995); A Month of Sundays (1974); A&P (1961); Always Looking (2012); Americana (2001); Assorted Prose (1965); Baseball: a Literary Anthology (2002); Bech at Bay (1998); Bech Is Back (1982); Bech: A Book (1970); Brazil (1994); Buchanan Dying (1974); Classic Erotic Tales (2002); Collected Early Stories (2013); Collected Later Stories (2013); Collected Poems, 1953-1993 (1993); Couples (1968); Deadly Sins (1994); Due Considerations (2007); Endpoint and Other Poems (2009); Facing Nature (1985); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); FIRST WORDS: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors (2009); Friends from Philadelphia and Other Stories (1995); Gertrude and Claudius (2000); Golf Dreams (1996); Great Baseball Stories (1990); Higher Gossip (2011); Hoping for a Hoopoe (2020); Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu (2010); Hugging the Shore (1983); In Love with a Wanton (2020); In the Beauty of the Lilies (1996); Just Looking (1989); Licks of Love (2000); Licks of Love (2000); Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 (1994); Listening for God, Vol. 2 (1996); Listening for God, Vol. 2 (1996); Listening for God, Vol. 3 (2000); Listening For God, Vol. 4 (2002); Magic Flute (1962); Marry Me (1971); Memories of the Ford Administration (1992); Midpoint and Other Poems (1969); More Matter (1999); More Stately Mansions (1987); Museums and Women and Other Stories (1972); My Father's Tears and Other Stories (2009); My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me (2010); Odd Jobs (1991); Of the Farm (1965); Olinger Stories (1964); Our Mothers' Spirits: Great Writers on the Death of Mothers and the Grief of Men (1997); Picked-Up Pieces (1975); Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories (1961); Points of View (1956); Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards (1970); Problems and Other Stories (1979); Rabbit at Rest (1990); Rabbit Is Rich (1981); Rabbit Redux (1971); Rabbit, Run (1960); Reel Verse: Poems about the Movies (2019); Rich In Russia (2011); Roger's Version (1986); S. (1988); Seek My Face (2002); Selected Poems (2015); Self-Consciousness (1989); Seventy Poems (1972); Still Looking (2005); Telephone Poles and Other Poems (1963); Ten Modern American Short Stories (1965); Terrorist (2007); The Afterlife and Other Stories (1994); The Alligators (1989); The Beastly Baby (1995); The Best American Erotica 2006 (2006); The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (1999); The Best American Short Stories 1984 (1984); The Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991); The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Blue Aspic (1968); The Carpentered Hen (1982); The Centaur (1963); The Coup (1978); The Dance of the Solids (1969); The Doubtful Guest (1957); The Early Stories (2003); The Eleventh Episode (1971); The Fatal Lozenge (1961); The Glorious Nosebleed (1974); The Literary Traveller (1994); The Lost Lions (1973); The Maples Stories (1980); The Music School (1966); The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007); The Object-Lesson (1958); The Osbick Bird (1970); The Other Statue (1968); The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (1992); The Poorhouse Fair (1958); The Remembered Visit (1965); The Same Door, Short Stories (1959); The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (1992); The Sinking Spell (1964); The Sopping Thursday (1971); The Twelve Terrors of Christmas (1994); The Twelve Terrors of Christmas (1994); The Utter Zoo (1967); The Widows of Eastwick (2008); The Witches of Eastwick (1984); The Women Who Got Away (2007); Thoughtful Alphabets (2012); Three Trips (2005); Too Far to Go (1979); Tossing and Turning (1977); Toward the End of Time (1997); Trust Me (1987); Valentine Generation And Other Stories (1981); Villages (2004); Wonderful Town (2000); Writers on Writing (2001); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Your Lover Just Called (1980).

Movies and television:

A & P (1996); American Playhouse (1988); Apostrophes (1986); Charlie Rose in Charlie Rose (2000); Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991); Eastwick (2002–2010); Good Morning America (1992); Great Conversations (1999); Gyere hozzám feleségül (1987); James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times (2000); John Updike: In His Own Words (1997); LeseZeichen (1999); Práve volal tvuj milenec (1989); Rabbit, Run (1970); Rain Is Grace, Rain Is the Sky Descending to the Earth (2017); Release (1968); Review (1972); Saturday Review (1987); Ted Williams: There Goes the Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived (2009); The Book Programme (1976–1980); The Century: America's Time (1999); The David Frost Show (1969–1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1981); The Music School (1974); The Roommate / The Christian Roommates (1984); The Simpsons (2000); The Witches of Eastwick (1987); The Witches of Eastwick (1992); This Week (2006); Today (1986); Too Far to Go (1979); Top Hat and Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of the New Yorker (2001); Upon Reflection (1989).

Born on this day – Piers Haggard:

Piers Haggard

Director

March 18, 1939 – January 11, 2023

Born on this day – Mark Medoff:

Mark Medoff

Writer

Director

Actor

Professor

March 18, 1940 – April 23, 2019