Ernie Pyle's War : America's Eyewitness to World War II (Paperback)

from mldavis2

Written in 1997, Tobin takes a long look back into war correspondence and the unique character of Ernie Pyle. The book chronicles Pyle's life and personal struggles as WWII's consummate journalist, but also examines what made Pyle different as the defining voice of the common soldier. It attempts...

from mrellis64

Tobin's book is more than your run-of-the-mill biography, the author includes an appendix with samples of Pyle's columns and several black and white photographs of the journalist.

from lamour

In his time, Pyle was probably the most famous war correspondent in the USA if not the world. His folksy thoughtful columns from the front were widely read in America and even in England. He spent the first part of the war in the European theatre and then under pressure from readers who had famil...

from Homeschoolbookreview

When I was in high school, back in the days when we actually studied history rather than "social studies," I remember learning about Ernie Pyle, one of the foremost American newspaper correspondents during World War II. Therefore, while driving through west central Indiana last year and seeing a ...