A soldier's sketchbook : from the front lines of World War II

Resource Information

The work A soldier's sketchbook : from the front lines of World War II represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

A soldier's sketchbook : from the front lines of World War II

Title remainder

from the front lines of World War II

Statement of responsibility

Joseph Farris

Creator

• Farris, Joseph

Subject

• United States, Army | Infantry Division, 100th
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France
• Farris, Joseph -- Correspondence
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany

Genre

• Correspondence

Language

eng

Summary

"New Yorker cartoonist and painter Joseph Farris chronicles his experience in World War II through letters and sketches that he wrote at the time. The letters, some of which are reproduced as facsimiles, are illustrated with photographs, artifacts, and other archival documents as well as newly commissioned maps. The voice of the 20-something narrator in the letters is balanced with the voice of the man today, who interweaves his own commentary into the book to explain gaps in the correspondence. All told, the book is a rich and poignant glimpse at the experience of one man's journey through the European theater of war"--

Dewey number

940.5412