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Author DePastino, Todd.

Title Bill Mauldin : a life up front / Todd DePastino.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. MAULDIN, B.    Storage
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY MAULDIN, BILL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B MAULDIN, BILL    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B MAULDIN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B MAULDIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 MAULDIN, BIL    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG MAULDIN, BILL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue: "He was our champion" -- Roughing it (1921-1940) -- Maneuvering (September 1940-June 1943) -- Going in: North Africa, Sicily, Italy (June-December 1943) -- Doing battle: Naples, Cassino, Anzio (December 1943-June 1944) -- Willie and Joe: a war gallery (1944-1945) -- Breaking out: Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany (May 1944-June 1945) -- Coming home (June 1945-1949) -- Starting over (1950-1963) -- Fighting on (1964-2003).
Summary The definitive biography of the greatest cartoonist of the Greatest Generation. [He] 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.--From publisher description.
Subject Mauldin, Bill, 1921-2003.
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780393061833
0393061833
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