![]() ![]() 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. "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. 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. Bill Mauldin had an uncanny ability to capture the life of the infantryman in cartoons, with sufficient impact to rile up senior allied leaders (such as. See images for the condition of this book.īlurb: 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. : Up Front: owner name and bookplate on fep otherwise no markings, 1945 date and no later printings, jacket is mylar protected with some small tears and minor losses, 3. ![]() ![]() Condition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. ![]()
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