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by Bill Mauldin
1947Description and travelPictorial American wit and humorVeteransPictorial Wit and humorUnited States
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This book chronicles the struggles and disillusionments of the early postwar years (post WWII) and, in doing so, tells the author's own story of his journey home to a wife he barely knew and a son he had only seen in pictures. Heavily illustrated (the author actually won two Pulitzer Prizes, the first for his wartime cartoons). The drawings capture the texture and feel of a confusing time: the ubiquitous hats and cigarettes, the rising fear of another war, and new conflicts over Civil Rights, civil liberties, and free speech.
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Description and travelPictorial American wit and humorVeteransPictorial Wit and humorUnited StatesWit and humor, Pictorial
First published 1947Setting
United States
About the author
Bill Mauldin
29 Oct 1921 – 22 Jan 2003
William Henry Mauldin (October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003) was an American editorial cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe, two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and dangers of duty in the field. His cartoons were popular with soldiers throughout Europe, and with civilians in the United States as well. However, his second Pulitzer Prize was for a cartoon published in 1958, and possibly his best-known cartoon was after the Kennedy assassination. **Source**: [Bill Mauldin](https://en.wikipedia.org…
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