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Brave Men

by Ernie Pyle
David Chrisinger
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The classic, human-scale account of the soldiers who fought in World War II, by Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie Pyle—America’s most famous and most loved war correspondent—featuring a new introduction by David Chrisinger, the author of the new Ernie Pyle biography, The Soldier's Truth
A Penguin Classic
When America entered World War II, Ernie Pyle followed the soldiers into the trenches. Long before television and the internet beamed combat footage directly to us, his dispatches from the front lines augmented the coverage of the war’s politics, strategies, and macro-level mobilizations to give the American public what he called his “worm’s-eye view” of the day-to-day life of the war. He captured, as John Steinbeck described it in Time magazine, the “war of the homesick, weary, funny, violent, common men who wash their socks in their helmets, complain about the food . . . and bring themselves through as dirty a business as the world has ever seen and do it with humor and dignity and courage—and that is Ernie Pyle’s war.” A number-one bestseller upon its publication in 1944, Brave Men remains unmatched in its clarity, sympathy, and grit as a portrait of America’s boys who fought in Europe, and lives on as a testament to the enduring value of embedded journalism in reporting the truth.
For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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  • Release date

    May 30, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9780593683972
      • File size: 561196 KB
      • Duration: 19:29:09

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from July 1, 2023

      Famed war correspondent Pyle's (Ernie Pyle in England; Here Is Your War) 1944 collection of dispatches from the front lines of World War II is now available in audio. This volume includes an introduction by biographer David Chrisinger and covers Pyle's travels across Sicily, Italy, and France, ending with his time in the South Pacific. At the peak of his popularity, Pyle's column was published in over 200 daily and 400 weekly publications, reaching over 12 million Americans. He became the most famous, loved, and trusted of any American war correspondent and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished war correspondence in the weeks leading up to D-Day. Sadly, just when the war was near its end, Pyle was killed in Okinawa in 1945. His dispatches describe what he called a "worm's eye" view of the war, enabling readers to understand the gruesome realities of combat. His writing paved the way for live frontline video reporting during the Vietnam War. Narrator and actor Michael Brainard's well-enunciated, matter-of-fact style pays homage to the historical significance of Pyle's remarkable work. VERDICT Pyle's words bring out the humanity in the soldiers, communicating their bravery without resorting to gory or sensationalistic descriptions. This collection of heartfelt reports, sensitively conveyed in audio, is highly recommended.--Dale Farris

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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