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This title in other editionseBook editionsBill Mauldin: A Life Up Frontby Todd Depastino
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:"The real war," said Walt Whitman, "will never get in the books." During World War II, the truest glimpse most Americans got of the "real war" came through the flashing black lines of twenty-two-year-old infantry sergeant Bill Mauldin. Week after week, Mauldin defied army censors, German artillery, and Patton's pledge to "throw his ass in jail" to deliver his wildly popular cartoon, "Up Front," to the pages of Stars and Stripes. "Up Front" featured the wise-cracking Willie and Joe, whose stooped shoulders, mud-soaked uniforms, and pidgin of army slang and slum dialect bore eloquent witness to the world of combat and the men who lived--and died--in it. This taut, lushly illustrated biography--the first of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin--is illustrated with more than ninety classic Mauldin cartoons and rare photographs. It traces the improbable career and tumultuous private life of a charismatic genius who rose to fame on his motto: "If it's big, hit it." Book News Annotation:Bill Mauldin, an Army sergeant in World War II, fired his weapon once
during the war. But during the course of the war, his bold ink brush
cartoons of life on the front became the only concept of what war was
really like for many Americans. College teacher and author DePastino
offers what is, surprisingly, the first biography of its kind of a
complex man both idealistic and disillusioned, who wrote the popular
cartoon Up Front for Stars and Stripes and who earned from Gen.
George Patton a pledge to "...throw his ass in jail." The book
includes photographs and several examples of Mauldin's cartoons.
Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:The definitive biography of the greatest cartoonist of the Greatest Generation. Synopsis:'\'A deeply felt, vivacious and wonderfully illustrated biography.\' \'\"Clancy Sigal, Los Angeles Times Book Review\n ' Synopsis:'A deeply felt, vivacious and wonderfully illustrated biography.' '"Clancy Sigal, Los Angeles Times Book Review Synopsis:This taut, lushly illustrated biography of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin is illustrated with more than 90 of his classic cartoons and rare photographs. DePastino traces the improbable career and tumultuous life of the man who delivered the wildly popular cartoon "Up Front." Synopsis:A self-described 'desert rat' who rocketed to fame at the age of twenty-two, Bill Mauldin used flashing black brush lines and sardonic captions to capture the world of the American combat soldier in World War II. His cartoon dogfaces, Willie and Joe, appeared in Stars and Stripesand hundreds of newspapers back home, bearing grim witness to life in the foxhole. We"ve never viewed war in the same way since. This lushly illustrated biography draws on private papers, correspondence, and thousands of original drawings to render a full portrait of a complex and quintessentially American genius. About the AuthorTodd DePastino is the author of Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America and Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front, and the editor of the cartoon collections Willie & Joe: The WWII Years and Willie & Joe: Back Home. He teaches history and writes and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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