Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II (Modern War Studies) - Softcover

Tobin, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0700608974 ISBN 13: 9780700608973

Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 1998

Synopsis

Ernie Pyle conveyed the triumphs and tribulations of the common soldier trying to survive World War II. From North Africa to Normandy and the liberation of Paris until his tragic death in Okinawa, Pyle slogged through endless combat zones to bring the war home to America.

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Review

"This is the portrait of a complex, enormously gifted but tortured writer . . . but it is much more: few books about combat journalism have so vividly depicted the fascinating interactions between war correspondents, soldiers and folks back home. . . . World War II was quintessentially Ernie Pyle's war, and Mr. Tobin brilliantly explains why." -- The New York Times Book Review

"James Tobin's magnificent new biography of Pyle should do much to renew the luster of his name and revive interest in his extraordinary work. . . . This clear-eyed, unsentimental, beautifully written biography is a classic worthy of the man it celebrates." -- The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"What makes this biography so fascinating . . . is the story of Pyle himself, a man seemingly driven by demons and nagged by self-doubt who accomplished so much. . . . Anyone with an interest in the power of the written word will be intrigued -- and will lament that Pyle was the sort of character unlikely to be seen again." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Barely a half century ago Ernie Pyle was one of the most famous people in America . . . both the chronicler of the common man and its embodiment. Now, five decades after his death from Japanese fire on a small island in the Pacific, Pyle has had the good fortune to fall under the scrutiny of a sympathetic, unsentimental and scrupulous biographer. . . . The result is a thorough, revealing book." -- The Washington Post Book World

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700608974
• ISBN 13: 9780700608973
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320