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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Bill 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: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:The definitive biography of the greatest cartoonist of the Greatest Generation. "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." 92 illustrations. About the AuthorTodd DePastinois the author of Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped Americaand the general editor of the cartoon collection Willie andamp; Joe: The WWII Years. He teaches at Waynesburg University 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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