āThe real war,ā said Walt Whitman, āwill never get in the books.ā During World War II, the truest glimpse most Americans got of the āreal warā 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 Pattonās pledge to āthrow his ass in jailā to deliver his wildly popular cartoon, āUp Front,ā to the pages of Stars and Stripes. āUp Frontā 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 livedāand diedāin it. This taut, lushly illustrated biographyāthe first of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldināis 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: āIf itās big, hit it.ā
This book title, Bill Mauldin (A Life Up Front), ISBN: 9780393061833, by Todd DePastino, published by W. W. Norton & Company (February 17, 2008) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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