Bill Mauldin Willie & Joe

DePastino, Todd: Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front, New York and London W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2009 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 9780393334883
9780393334883 Very Good

370 pp., illus., maps, ports., bib. notes, index; 21 cm. Tight, clean text. Light edgewear to wraps. Number written on inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. "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 Stripes and 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. / Todd 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 collection Willie & Joe: The WWII Years. He teaches history and writes and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." - Publisher. First paperback edition Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; First paperback edition

[SW: Genre & Subject::Caricature & Cartoons Genre & Subject::Military]

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Mauldin, Bill. UP FRONT. New York: Bantam Books, 1947.
Reading copy only. Some wear, scuffing, a few front cover creases, soil/stain, light browning, hinge split at title page - still intact. ; A Bantam Book; Mass Market PB; Vol. 83; B&W Illustrations; 16mo; 216 pages; From back cover: "Willie and Joe's war in Europe was over when UP FRONT appeared, but it proved to be as popular at home as Bill Mauldin's wryly humorous cartoons had been overseas. In nine months UP FRONT sold more than a million copies, heading the best seller lists for six straight months. " ! ! Book & Read on ! !.

Paperback; First Printing, Illustrated by Mauldin, Bill. G/NONE.

[SW: Humor Military Novel Fiction Vintage Paperback,]

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MAULDIN, BILL (TEXT AND PICTURES BY). Up Front. Henry Holt and Company, New York: 1945.

228 pages. Throughout World War II, cartoonist Bill Mauldin documented the adventures and misadventures of dog faces Willie and Joe, symbols of the hard-pressed infantry, "the group which gives more and gets less than anybody else." In Up Front, Mauldin joins an absorbing narrative account of just how hellish combat is to a selection of those cartoons. Reading through this powerful book, one sees why Mauldin, in demythologizing the war, was often accused of undoing the efforts of the morale. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Reading copy. Library discard. Scorched spine.

[SW: (Key Words: World War II, Animation, Cartoons, Pictures, Soldiers, War, Bill Mauldin, Movie Tie-In, Combat Men, Brass Hats ).]

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American Legion for God and Country, Commemorative Issue, September 1991 Vol. 131, No. 3, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. A. American Legion 1991 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed.
Near Fine

Near Fine 1st Edition assumed Stapled Magazine, 128 pages Binding is tight, staples are not pulling; address label on front cover; hint of edge wear; several slight cover creases; pages are clean, no marks to text, no gift messages, store stamps, remaimder marks, stains, or moisture damage. Cover illustration: Dec. 7, 1941, AP/Wideworld Photo. CONTENTS: ARTICLES: Remember When,laugh, cry and reminisce with readers' most vivid WWII memories. Why We Fought, as the tyranny of Hitler, Tojo and Mussolini darkened the world, America shone as a beacon of freedom, by Michael Novak. Prelude to War, Roosevelt and Churchill's Atlantic Charter cast the die for Axis defeat, by Kathy Egan. 'I Want You', Uncle Sam prepared America for war with the nation's first peacetime draft, by Jerome Agel and Paul D. Colford. Sentimental Journey, the hard times, the signs of the times, the good times, by Phyllis Zauner. Mail Call, first series of commenorative WWII stamps to be released at Legion National Convention. 1941: Day of Infamy, 'Remember Pearl Harbor!' criedAmericans nationwide after Dec. 7, 1941, by Philip C. Clarke, The War Machine, from sea to sea, Americans geared up to arm 'our boys' overseas, by Lester David. 1942: The Eagle Flies, armed and ready, America's fighting forcces entered combat in all theaters of the war. Somebody Talked, Posters and psychology supplied ammunition for progaganda wars, by Gurney Williams III. 1943: At the Crossroads, the Allies now had to turn defense into offense and change the tide of war. The GI Journalist, the lives and deaths of ordinary soldiers were reported by an extraordinary correspondent, Ernie Pyle. Heat of Battle,. the strains of combat tested the true grit of America's fighting men, by Gen. William C. Westmoreland. 1944: An Axis to Grind, preparing for D-Day, the Allies assembled the mightiest assault force in history. The Legion Goes to War, some Legionnaires became 'retreads', and others helped as air raid wardens and auxiliary policemen. 1945: Freedom Preserved, in theEuropean theater, Germany surrenders; in the Pacific, the world enters the nuclear age. A Different Kind of Hell, tortured and starved to skeletons, American POWs endured the horrors of war, by John W. Thorburn. The 'Green' Machine, U.S. Savings Bonds funded the war and fueled the nation's patriotic spirit, by Steve Salnero. Coming Home, after V-E Day and V-J D Americans kissed, hugged and cheered in the streets. A Grateful Nation, Congressional passage of the Legion-written and supported GI Bill of Rights became a home front fight. VETNET, Want to find a WWII buddy?or organize your outfit reunion? Call VetNet. At Ease With Bill Mauldin, you're in for laughswith dogfaces Willie and Joe. The Price, 'Our deaths are not ouors; they are yours, they will mean what you make them". Also have isssues: 1991, MAY, JUNE, JULY, OCTOBER; Will gift wrap, no charge, just state the occasion. Scan available on request 1st Edition No Jacket Soft Cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 1st Edition

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