Up Front

This biography of a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner follows the improbable career and tumultuous private life of an infantry sergeant who defied army censors to deliver his wildly popular cartoon to the pages of Stars and Stripes during World War II. Through the wise-cracking characters of Willie and Jo, Bill Mauldin's "Up Front" provided a true glimpse into the world of combat and the men who lived and died in it. Illustrated with over 90 of Mauldin's classic cartoons and rare photographs, this book is a taut and lush tribute to a charismatic genius who rose to fame on his motto: "If it's big, hit it."