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Erik el Godo. El sabio de Cesaracosta (Historia Incógnita)
by Isabel Abenia MarcellánAño 646, Spania: El clan del joven Erik llega a la ciudad visigoda de Cesaracosta, procedentes del norte. El clan del joven Erik viaja desde Escandinavia hasta la ciudad visigoda de Cesaracosta. Tendrán que adaptarse a la cultura y estilo de vida de una Spania crisol de culturas romanas, judías, visigodas y celtíbero prerromanas. A Erik le esperan asombrosas peripecias al lado de la hermosa hechicera Galeswintha. Erik consigue convertirse en un hombre notable gracias a una inteligencia poco corriente y a una peculiar forma de ver la vida, codeándose con los personajes más relevantes de ese periodo histórico mientras vive las más trepidantes aventuras. Erik el Godo reconstruye el siglo VII minuciosamente a través de los personajes más diversos: reyes, obispos nobles, jueces, médicos, braceros, esclavos, comerciantes, configurando un apasionante retrato social de la España visigoda. Isabel Abenia fusiona la ficción literaria con el máximo rigor histórico, uniendo lo novelado y la verdadera Historia de unos siglos tan apasionantes como desconocidos. La autora emplea una perfecta mezcla de lenguaje clásico y contemporáneo para conseguir una trama y una acción absolutamente verosímiles. Erik el Godo es una novela de acontecimientos históricos reales, magia y hechos fantásticos, religiones y mitología junto a grandes dosis de costumbrismo que le atraparán y le sumergirán en la sociedad del siglo VII.
Erik el Rojo: El vikingo que descubrió América
by Tulio Fernández Mendoza"Un libro con un secreto milenario que nos hará cuestionar la historia del encuentro entre dos mundos". Esteban Cruz Niño Esta es la historia del explorador noruego Erik el Rojo, un hombre marcado por la sangre y el exilio, y destinado por los dioses vikingos a empujar las fronteras y las convenciones sociales de su tiempo. Esta es también la historia del sabio Mimir, hermano adoptivo y amigo incondicional de Erik, quien narra sus aventuras y las de sus descendientes, ilustrándolas con antiguos relatos nórdicos. Pero, sobre todo, esta es la historia del primer encuentro con el Nuevo Mundo, que maravilló a los nórdicos quinientos años antes de Cristóbal Colón, un evento conocido por pocos y narrado aquí con el encanto de las viejas sagas "Una lectura original, tan apasionante como divertida, con un novedoso acercamiento a los relatos tradicionales de mitología nórdica". Carolina Andújar
Erika's Story
by Ruth Vander ZeeA woman recalls how she was thrown from a train headed for a Nazi death camp in 1944, raised by someone who risked her own life to save the baby's, and finally found some peace through her own family.
Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus: Medieval European Knowledge of America
by James Robert EnterlineThis revealing analysis of Medieval cartography and native American travel upends conventional narratives about discovering the New World.For generations, American schools have taught children that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. But evidence shows that Leif Erikson set foot on the continent centuries earlier. As debate continues over which explorer deserves the credit, early maps of North America suggest that we may be asking the wrong questions. How did medieval Europeans have such specific geographic knowledge of North America, a land even their most daring adventurers had not yet discovered? In Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus, James Robert Enterline presents new evidence that traces this knowledge to the cartographic skills of indigenous people of the high Arctic, who, he contends, provided the basis for medieval maps of large parts of North America. Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe’s discovery of the New World.
Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus: Medieval European Knowledge of America
by James Robert EnterlineHow did medieval Europeans have such specific geographic knowledge of North America, a land even their most daring adventurers had not yet discovered? In Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus, James Robert Enterline presents new evidence that traces this knowledge to the cartographic skills of indigenous people of the high Arctic, who, he contends, provided the basis for medieval maps of large parts of North America. Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe's discovery of the New World.
Erin's Child (The Feeney Family Sagas)
by Sheelagh KellyA struggling Irish family in nineteenth century England sets its hopes on a new generation in the third volume of this dramatic historical saga.England, 1875. The Feeney family has finally escaped the squalid slums of York. Though they have worked hard to rise up from poverty, they have not left hardship behind. The father Patrick remains a man of simple tastes, increasingly out of touch with his wife Thomasin&’s ambition to expand her business empire across Yorkshire. After losing their son, the Feeneys&’ hopes for the family&’s future now lie with their grandchildren. There is Rosanne, set to follow a rebel lover down a star-crossed road, and Erin&’s daughter Belle, gifted and headstrong but born with a disability. The family has faces many challenges before, but what happens next will test them all.
Erinnern müssen und Vergessen dürfen: Der Nationalsozialismus aus der Perspektive Jugendlicher über 70 Jahre danach
by Katharina MeyerMehr als 70 Jahre nach dem Ende des Nationalsozialismus prägt die wachsende zeitliche Distanz zum historischen Geschehen die Auseinandersetzung mit diesem. Veränderte familiäre Bezüge, der Abschied von Zeitzeug*innen und gegenwärtige gesellschaftliche Diskurse nehmen Einfluss auf die Perspektiven Jugendlicher. Dies wirft eine Vielzahl von Fragen auf: Wie beschäftigen sich junge Menschen in Deutschland mehr als sieben Jahrzehnte nach dem Holocaust mit dem Thema? Welche Relevanz hat der Nationalsozialismus für sie, welche geschichtlichen Vorstellungen von der Zeit haben sie und wie erleben sie den Umgang damit in Deutschland? Die Studie geht diesen Fragen anhand des Gruppendiskussionsverfahrens und der Grounded Theory Methodologie empirisch nach, nimmt Kontinuitäten und Brüche in den Bezügen zum Nationalsozialismus in den Blick und zeigt Zusammenhänge zur Identifikation mit Deutschland auf.
Erinnerung reloaded?: (Re-)Inszenierungen des kulturellen Gedächtnisses in Kinder- und Jugendmedien (Studien zu Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und -medien #7)
by Ingrid Tomkowiak Gabriele Von Glasenapp Andre KagelmannDer Band lotet die Bedingungen des Erinnerns und Erzählens und damit einer Re-Inszenierung der Vergangenheit im Feld der Kinder- und Jugendmedien aus. Besonderes Augenmerk wurde auf das Spannungsfeld von ‚objektiver‘ Geschichtswissenschaft einerseits und Dichtung andererseits gelegt, angesiedelt zwischen den Polen Referenzialität und einem neuen Interesse am vermeintlich Authentischen sowie der Fiktionalisierung von Fakten. Dieser Widerspruch ist von besonderer Bedeutung für die geschichtserzählenden Kinder- und Jugendmedien mit ihrem spezifischen Funktionsrahmen von ästhetischer und pädagogischer Horizontbildung und -erweiterung. Neben den traditionellen kinder- und jugendliterarischen Erinnerungsmedien – erzählende Literatur, historische und zeitgeschichtliche Romane, (autofiktionale) Biographien – sowie Drama und Lyrik werden Bilderbücher, Comics, Filme, Serien und Computerspiele in den Blick genommen.
Erinnerungskultur in der Verwaltungspraxis (Geschichte und Ethik der Polizei und öffentlichen Verwaltung)
by Dimitrij DavydovDie Aufrechterhaltung der Erinnerung an die Opfer von Krieg und Gewaltherrschaft, an Widerstand, Flucht und Vertreibung wird heute überwiegend als eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe wahrgenommen und nicht als eine alleinige Prärogative des Staates. Dennoch ist öffentliches Erinnern und Gedenken als Bestandteil des kulturstaatlichen Auftrags von Bund, Ländern und Kommunen anerkannt. Der Umgang des Staates und seiner Institutionen mit (schmerzhafter) Vergangenheit und den Orten, an denen die Erinnerung an diese Vergangenheit „haftet“, ist zwar seit Jahren Gegenstand intensiver Forschung. Die verwaltungsrechtliche und verwaltungshistorische Perspektive ist dabei jedoch deutlich unterrepräsentiert gewesen. Nicht nur Fragen der Aufgabenverteilung zwischen den staatlichen und den zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren, sondern auch die Kompetenzen, Organisationsformen und Entscheidungsmaßstäbe der mit Erinnerungsaufgaben befassten Behörden und Einrichtungen sind bislang nur punktuell beleuchtet worden. Sind der Bund und die Länder allein als Förderer oder Koordinatoren für kommunale und zivilgesellschaftliche erinnerungskulturelle Aktivitäten gefragt? Besteht ein Handlungsbedarf für die Schaffung einer zentralen – zumindest einer überörtlichen – erinnerungskulturellen Infrastruktur? Bedürfen Gedenkstätten und andere Erinnerungsorte eines spezifischen ordnungsrechtlichen Schutzes? Wie kann die Sicherstellung des Pietätsschutzes an Orten des Gedenkens verfassungskonform ausgestaltet werden? Erfordert ein angemessener Umgang mit flächenhaften Zeugnissen der deutschen Vergangenheit wie dem Westwall und den Relikten des „Eisernen Vorhangs“ besondere rechtliche Vorkehrungen?Diese Lücke soll der vorliegende Band füllen, der im Rahmen eines von der Hochschule für Polizei und öffentliche Verwaltung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen geförderten Projekts entstanden ist. Autor:innen des Bandes sind Jurist:innen und Historiker:innen aus den Bereichen Lehre, Forschung und Verwaltung.
Eritrea: Even The Stones Are Burning
by Roy PatemanIn Eritrea: Even the Stones are Burning, published in 1990, Professor Roy Pateman of the University of California at Los Angeles traces the Eritreans' response to Ethiopian occupation of their land and the origins of the war against Ethiopia. He provides a survey of Eritrean history, with a special inside look at the military and other developments in the last two decades ending around 1990. Pateman examines the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the region and the people, the political ideologies of the independence movement, the tragic famine which has taken tens of thousands of lives and the vision of the liberation fighters for a post-independence society. To learn about post-liberation Eritrea, see Dan Connell's Historical Dictionary of Eritrea published in 2019.
Erland Lee Museum: Inside Hamilton's Museums
by John GoddardInside Hamilton’s Museums helps to satisfy a growing curiosity about Canada’s steel capital as it evolves into a post-industrial city and cultural destination. In this special excerpt we visit Erland Lee Museum, which stands as an excellent example of Ontario Gothic Revival architecture and serves as the birthplace of the Women's Institute movement. John Goddard takes us on a detailed tour of the historic home, providing fascinating historical background and insight.
Erlebnisse an Grenzen - Grenzerlebnisse mit der Mathematik
by Bert-Wolfgang SchulzeDie innerdeutsche Grenze verlief nicht nur zwischen zwei Staaten, sondern spiegelte sich sogar in den Grundlagenwissenschaften wie der Mathematik wider. Aus persönlicher Sicht zeigt der Autor den subjektiven Umgang mit Erzeugung, Bewertung und Propagierung wissenschaftlicher Resultate in den zwei unterschiedlichen Gesellschaftssystemen. Auf unterhaltsame Art werden Innensichten aus Forschungsinstitutionen, der Wissenschaftsförderung und die verschiedenen Einstellungen zur Zweckbestimmung reiner und angewandter Forschung dargelegt.
Ernest Bevin (Routledge Revivals)
by Peter WeilerFirst published in 1993, this book presents a biography of a central figure in the development of both the labour movement and British politics in the first half of the twentieth century. This highly accessible account of Bevin’s life and career was the first to make use of documents pertaining to his activities during the Second World War and bring together numerous secondary studies to posit an alternative interpretation. The book is split into chronological sections dealing with his early years, his time a trade union leader from 1911 to 1929, the beginnings of his involvement in the labour party during 1929-1939, and his time in office as Minister of Labour and then Foreign Secretary.
Ernest Bloch Studies
by Norman Solomon Alexander KnappErnest Bloch left his native Switzerland to settle in the United States in 1916. One of the great twentieth-century composers, he was influenced by a range of genres and styles - Jewish, American and Swiss - and his works reflect his lifelong struggle with his identity. Drawing on firsthand recollections of relatives and others who knew and worked with the composer, this collection is the most comprehensive study to date of Bloch's life, musical achievement and reception. Contributors present the latest research on Bloch's works and compositional practice, including studies of his Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), violin pieces such as Nigun, the symphonic Schelomo, and the opera Macbeth. Setting the quality and significance of Bloch's output in its historical and cultural contexts, this book provides scholarly analyses as well as a full chronology, list of online resources, catalogue of published and unpublished works, and selected further reading.
Ernest Hemingway and the Fluidity of Gender: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Selected Works (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)
by Tania ChakraverttyErnest Hemingway and the Fluidity of Gender presents fresh insight into the gender issues and sexual ambiguities that have always been present in Hemingway’s work, utilising a variety of historical, socio-cultural and biographical contexts. Offering a close analysis of the gender issues and sexual ambiguities present in Hemingway’s work, this book provides insight into the position of white middle-class women in America from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, illuminating Hemingway’s androgynous impulses and the attitudinal changes that occurred during Ernest Hemingway’s lifetime. Women and gender were Hemingway’s steady concern; his fictional females are drawn with the same kind of complexity and individuality like his fictional males, manifesting endurance, stoic courage and grace under pressure. This volume highlights Hemingway’s textual world’s resistance of patriarchal phallocratism and his abolition of the binaries of masculinity/femininity, passivity/activity and the like, dismantling binary oppositions involving gender and sexuality. Exploring the metamorphosis of American social and cultural history, this volume unravels the stereotypical myths associated with womanhood and the complexity of women in Ernest Hemingway’s novels. Tania Chakravertty is the Dean of Students’ Welfare, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, West Bengal, India. Chakravertty has a Ph.D. from Calcutta University on “Gender Representations in the Fiction of Ernest Hemingway”. Chakravertty visited the US to participate in the academic group project “Strengthening and Widening the Scope of American Studies: The U.S. Experience” in 2010 as part of the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program. Her monographs have appeared in national and international journals.
Ernest Hemingway: A Biography
by Mary V. DearbornThe first full biography of Ernest Hemingway in more than fifteen years; the first to draw upon a wide array of never-before-used material; the first written by a woman, from the widely acclaimed biographer of Norman Mailer, Peggy Guggenheim, Henry Miller, and Louise Bryant. A revelatory look into the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, considered in his time to be the greatest living American novelist and short-story writer, winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Mary Dearborn's new biography gives the richest and most nuanced portrait to date of this complex, enigmatically unique American artist, whose same uncontrollable demons that inspired and drove him throughout his life undid him at the end, and whose seven novels and six-short story collections informed--and are still informing--fiction writing generations after his death.From the Hardcover edition.
Ernest Marples: The Shadow Behind Beeching
by David Brandon Martin UphamErnest Marples revolutionised three UK government departments. At Transport (1959-1964) he appointed Dr Beeching chairman of British Railways and commissioned him to produce his infamous report, inaugurated motorways and introduced significant regulations for motorists. At Housing (1951-1954) he delivered 300,000 new houses annually and as Postmaster General (1957-1959), he reformed Post Office accounting systems and launched postcodes and Subscriber Trunk Dialling. This first biography of Marples uses newly-available archives to examine public and private transport policy, the growing power of the pro-road lobby and the identification of personal freedom with driving. Railway sentimentalism was no match for these. Marples was lucky not to be implicated in the Profumo Affair which rocked the Conservative Party but his political career was over soon afterwards. Questionable business practices caused his 1975 flight to Monaco hotly pursued by the Inland Revenue. Beeching, unhappy under a Labour government, returned to private industry although he later chaired a Royal Commission. Labour, despite promises, proved little friendlier to the railways but a more positive approach to loss-making passenger services eventually emerged under Barbara Castle. This book should appeal to those interested in Britain's railways and in mid-Twentieth Century British politics.
Ernest Nagel: Philosophy of Science and the Fight for Clarity (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science #53)
by Matthias Neuber Adam Tamas TubolyThis volume is dedicated to the life and work of Ernest Nagel (1901-1985) counted among the influential twentieth-century philosophers of science. Forgotten by the history of philosophy of science community in recent years, this volume introduces Nagel’s philosophy to a new generation of readers and highlights the merits and originality of his works.Best known in the history of philosophy as a major American representative of logical empiricism with some pragmatist and naturalist leanings, Nagel’s interests and activities went beyond these limits. His career was marked with a strong and determined intention of harmonizing the European scientific worldview of logical empiricism and American naturalism/pragmatism. His most famous and systematic treatise on, The Structure of Science, appeared just one year before Thomas Kuhn’s even more renowned, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. As a reflection of Nagel’s interdisciplinary work, the contributing authors’ articles are connected both historically and systematically. The volume will appeal to students mainly at the graduate level and academic scholars. Since the volume treats historical, philosophical, physical, social and general scientific questions, it will be of interest to historians and philosophers of science, epistemologists, social scientists, and anyone interested in the history of analytic philosophy and twentieth-century intellectual history.
Ernestine's Milky Way
by Kerry Madden-LunsfordAn empowering picture book set in the 1940s about a determined five-year-old girl who embarks on a journey to deliver milk to her neighbors in the holler.Every morning, Ernestine shouts out her window to the Great Smoky Mountains, "I'm five years old and a big girl!" When Mama asks Ernestine--who helps with chores around the farm while Papa is away at war--to carry two mason jars filled with milk to their neighbor, Ernestine isn't sure she can do it. After all, she'd need to walk through thickets of crabapple and blackberry by the creek, not to mention past vines of climbing bittersweet. But Ernestine is five years old and a big girl, so off she sets. Along the way, one mason jar slips from her arms and rolls down the mountainside into the river, and Ernestine is sure it's lost forever . . . until her neighbor's son shows up with a muddy jar--and there's a surprise inside! With tons of flavor and a can-do spirit, here is a celebration of American history and a plucky girl who knows that helping a family in need is worth the trouble.
Ernie Kovacs & Early TV Comedy: Nothing in Moderation
by Andrew HortonAmong the pioneers of television, Ernie Kovacs was one of the most original and imaginative comedians. His zany, irreverent, and surprising humor not only entertained audiences throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, but also inspired a host of later comedies and comedians, including Monty Python, David Letterman, much of Saturday Night Live, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, Captain Kangaroo, and even Sesame Street. Kovacs created laughter through wildly creative comic jokes, playful characterizations, hilarious insights, and wacky experiments. “Nothing in moderation,” his motto and epitaph, sums up well Kovacs’s wholehearted approach to comedy and life. In this book, Andrew Horton offers the first sustained look at Ernie Kovacs’s wide-ranging and lasting contributions to the development of TV comedy. He discusses in detail Kovacs’s work in New York, which included The Ernie Kovacs Show (CBS prime time 1952–1953), The Ernie Kovacs Show (NBC daytime variety 1956–1957), Tonight (NBC late-night comedy/variety 1956-1957), and a number of quiz shows. Horton also looks at Kovacs’s work in Los Angeles and in feature film comedy. He vividly describes how Kovacs and his comic co-conspirators created offbeat characters and zany situations that subverted expectations and upended the status quo. Most of all, Horton demonstrates that Kovacs grasped the possibility for creating a fresh genre of comedy through the new medium of television and exploited it to the fullest.
Ernie Kovacs & Early TV Comedy: Nothing in Moderation
by Andrew HortonAmong the pioneers of television, Ernie Kovacs was one of the most original and imaginative comedians. His zany, irreverent, and surprising humor not only entertained audiences throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, but also inspired a host of later comedies and comedians, including Monty Python, David Letterman, much of Saturday Night Live, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, Captain Kangaroo, and even Sesame Street. Kovacs created laughter through wildly creative comic jokes, playful characterizations, hilarious insights, and wacky experiments. “Nothing in moderation,” his motto and epitaph, sums up well Kovacs’s wholehearted approach to comedy and life. In this book, Andrew Horton offers the first sustained look at Ernie Kovacs’s wide-ranging and lasting contributions to the development of TV comedy. He discusses in detail Kovacs’s work in New York, which included The Ernie Kovacs Show (CBS prime time 1952–1953), The Ernie Kovacs Show (NBC daytime variety 1956–1957), Tonight (NBC late-night comedy/variety 1956-1957), and a number of quiz shows. Horton also looks at Kovacs’s work in Los Angeles and in feature film comedy. He vividly describes how Kovacs and his comic co-conspirators created offbeat characters and zany situations that subverted expectations and upended the status quo. Most of all, Horton demonstrates that Kovacs grasped the possibility for creating a fresh genre of comedy through the new medium of television and exploited it to the fullest.
Ernie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family: Reviving the Legacy
by Elizabeth M. CizmarErnie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family is a critical biography examining the life and work of Ernie McClintock, the founder of the Jazz Acting Method and 1997 recipient of the Living Legend Award from the National Black Theatre Festival, whose inclusive contributions to acting and actor training have largely remained on the fringes of scholarship and practice. Based on original archival research and interviews with McClintock’s students and peers, this book traces his life from his childhood in Chicago to Harlem in the 1960s at the height of the Black Arts Movement, to Richmond, Virginia in 2003, paying particular attention to his Black Power–influenced, culturally specific acting theory and versatile Black theatrical productions. As a biographical study, this book establishes McClintock as a leading figure of the Black Theatre Movement, proven by the Jazz Acting technique, his critically acclaimed productions, and his leadership positions in organizations such as the Black Theatre Alliance. Ernie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family explores how the Jazz Acting technique was applied in productions such as N.R. Davidson’s El Hajj Malik, Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain, Cheryl West’s Before It Hits Home, Endesha Mae Holland’s From the Mississippi Delta, and many collectively-authored pieces. The book also investigates why he has been excluded from dominant theatre histories, especially considering how, as a gay Black man, he persistently defied the status quo, questioning practices of administrators of theatres and mainstream theatrical standards. Ernie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family is situated at the intersection of Black acting theory, Black Arts Movement history, and Black queer studies, and is an illuminating study of an important figure for actors, acting teachers, acting students, and cultural historians. This is an essential resource for readers who are seeking histories and approaches outside of a white, straight, Eurocentric framework.
Ernie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family: Reviving the Legacy
by Elizabeth M. CizmarErnie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family is a critical biography examining the life and work of Ernie McClintock, the founder of the Jazz Acting Method and 1997 recipient of the Living Legend Award from the National Black Theatre Festival, whose inclusive contributions to acting and actor training have largely remained on the fringes of scholarship and practice.Based on original archival research and interviews with McClintock’s students and peers, this book traces his life from his childhood in Chicago to Harlem in the 1960s at the height of the Black Arts Movement, to Richmond, Virginia in 2003, paying particular attention to his Black Power–influenced, culturally specific acting theory and versatile Black theatrical productions. As a biographical study, this book establishes McClintock as a leading figure of the Black Theatre Movement, proven by the Jazz Acting technique, his critically acclaimed productions, and his leadership positions in organizations such as the Black Theatre Alliance. Ernie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family explores how the Jazz Acting technique was applied in productions such as N.R. Davidson’s El Hajj Malik, Derek Walcott’s Dream on Monkey Mountain, Cheryl West’s Before It Hits Home, Endesha Mae Holland’s From the Mississippi Delta, and many collectively-authored pieces. The book also investigates why he has been excluded from dominant theatre histories, especially considering how, as a gay Black man, he persistently defied the status quo, questioning practices of administrators of theatres and mainstream theatrical standards.Ernie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family is situated at the intersection of Black acting theory, Black Arts Movement history, and Black queer studies, and is an illuminating study of an important figure for actors, acting teachers, acting students, and cultural historians. This is an essential resource for readers who are seeking histories and approaches outside of a white, straight, Eurocentric framework.
Ernie Pyle in England
by Ernie PyleErnie Pyle’s human and unforgettable picture of England under the Blitzkrieg—a deeply moving story of courage and faith.Ernie Pyle in England, first published in 1941, is the account of the journalist’s stay in England, Scotland and Wales during the height of the German bombing blitz on London and other cities of the United Kingdom.Pyle, one of the most famous correspondents of the Second World War, had an easy-going, folksy-style of writing, making the book an enjoyable yet informative read about the conditions he encountered. His descriptions of the effects of the bombing, nights spent in air raid shelters, food- and gas-rationing, and daily life in London remain classic pieces of war-time reporting.
Ernie Pyles War: America's Eyewitness to World War II
by James TobinWhen a machine-gun bullet ended the life of war correspondent Ernie Pyle in the final days of World War II, Americans mourned him in the same breath as they mourned Franklin Roosevelt. To millions, the loss of this American folk hero seemed nearly as great as the loss of the wartime president.If the hidden horrors and valor of combat persist at all in the public mind, it is because of those writers who watched it and recorded it in the faith that war is too important to be confined to the private memories of the warriors. Above all these writers, Ernie Pyle towered as a giant. Through his words and his compassion, Americans everywhere gleaned their understanding of what they came to call “The Good War.” Pyle walked a troubled path to fame. Though insecure and anxious, he created a carefree and kindly public image in his popular prewar column—all the while struggling with inner demons and a tortured marriage. War, in fact, offered Pyle an escape hatch from his own personal hell. It also offered him a subject precisely suited to his talent—a shrewd understanding of human nature, an unmatched eye for detail, a profound capacity to identify with the suffering soldiers whom he adopted as his own, and a plain yet poetic style reminiscent of Mark Twain and Will Rogers. These he brought to bear on the Battle of Britain and all the great American campaigns of the war—North Africa, Sicily, Italy, D-Day and Normandy, the liberation of Paris, and finally Okinawa, where he felt compelled to go because of his enormous public stature despite premonitions of death. In this immensely engrossing biography, affectionate yet critical, journalist and historian James Tobin does an Ernie Pyle job on Ernie Pyle, evoking perfectly the life and labors of this strange, frail, bald little man whose love/hate relationship to war mirrors our own. Based on dozens of interviews and copious research in little-known archives, Ernie Pyle's War is a self-effacing tour de force. To read it is to know Ernie Pyle, and most of all, to know his war.