Up Front

Bill Maudlin

Verlag: Henry Holt and Company, 1945

Beschreibung

First Edition; "Third Printing before Publication" (There were 3 printings before publication.) Text and illustrations by Maudlin. He won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work:In 1945, at the age of 23, Mauldin won a Pulitzer Prize for his wartime body of work, exemplified by a cartoon depicting exhausted infantrymen slogging through the rain, its caption mocking a typical late-war headline: "Fresh, spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners".Up Front, a collection of his cartoons interwoven with his observations of war, topped the best-seller list in 1945. American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe,"Mauldin's cartoons made him a hero to the common soldier. GIs often credited him with helping them to get through the rigors of the war. His credibility with the common soldier increased in September 1943, when he was wounded in the shoulder by a German mortar while visiting a machine gun crew near Monte Cassino.[4] By the end of the war, he received the Legion of Merit for his cartoons. Mauldin wanted Willie and Joe to be killed on the last day of combat, but Stars and Stripes dissuaded him. " wikipedia After war's end, the character of Willie was featured on the cover of Time Magazine for the June 18, 1945 issue. Full Brown cloth with dark Green Willie and Joe in combat garb decoration and bright clear dk. green spine titles.The covers are First edition ( pre-publication printing). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 88C

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Up Front

Verlag: Henry Holt and Company

Erscheinungsdatum: 1945

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Bill Maudlin

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition.