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Podcast: New Books in Biography & Memoir
Episode: David Chrisinger, "The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II" (Penguin, 2023)
Description: Ernie Pyle, a legendary journalist and war correspondent, was widely considered one of the greatest chroniclers of World War II. His dispatches from the front lines provided readers with a window into the lives of ordinary soldiers, humanizing the war and its impact in a way that no other writer had achieved before or since. The Soldier's Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II (Penguin, 2023) by David Chrisinger provides a deep and poignant exploration of his life through an unprecedented capturing of the chaos of the acclaimed journalist’s life journey. Pyle's dispatches from the war zones...