Writing the War: Chronicles of a World War II Correspondent
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1633881040 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 479 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Writing the War is a superb and important contribution to WWII history. This day-by-day story of one family’s journey is touching, illuminating, and utterly absorbing.” —JAMES TOBIN, author of Ernie Pyle’s War. Charles Kiley was a crack reporter on the biggest story of the twentieth century.” —TOM BROKAW“Charlie Kiley became one of my father’s best friends while they covered the war for Stars & Stripes. He used to come home and say
Among his army newspaper friends and colleagues was Andy Rooney, later CBS correspondent and 60 Minutes commentator. Billee, like many young women of her time, witnessed the war years from the home front and filled vital civilian roles--defense-industry plant worker, Red Cross volunteer, war bonds salesgirl, and civil defense plane-spotter--and wrote about it all in her letters to Charles. Peppered with fascinating details about soldiers' and civilians' lives, and including Stars and Stripes articles and personal photographs of the era, Writing the War is both important history and a tribute to two remarkable people as well as their extraordinary generation.. Army's Stars and Stripes newspaper and reported on the war from London, Normandy, Paris, Reims, Belgium, and Germany. As the sole reporter allowed direct access to Eisenhower's staff, he was the only reporter on the scene when
. He freelances for the Chicago Tribune and Automobile Magazine, and is the author of two books on the automobile industry. He has written dozens of freelance magazine articles, has been a newspaper columnist in Western New York for two decades, and is the author of five previous books, most recently, Over a Barrel: The Rise and Fall of New York’s Taylor Wine Company. David Kiley is a journalist and editor, having held senior
Kathy S. Rauch said For War Buffs and Romantics Alike. I have to admit I was daunted by the size of the book. But the "dialogue" between Charles Kiley and Billee Gray through their letters creates an utterly engaging and important book that not only gives us a unique "Stars and Stripes" view of the world, seen through Staff Writer Charles' eyes, but also lets us into the joyous, frustrating, and truly nail-biting world of this couple's whirlwind, pre-war romance that must be nourished to endure the war without email, the Internet, or much technology at all. I found myself looking up not realizing I had turned almost 100. Robert M. Childs said and a beautiful romance developed. I have to be totally transparent: though my dad served in WWII, I have had very little knowledge about all that it encompassed, both in the theater, and in the personal lives involved in defeating the Nazis and Japs. My wife's mom and dad served also, and a beautiful romance developedand they came away from the war, married, and my wife was born.This book is VERY special. The almost 800 letters between Charles and his bride-to-be (Billee) were kept by Anne's (Editor) mom.and discovered after Charles diedbut the kids discovered them, and thought them very worthy. The . A Page Turner C. Kerlin This book is a page-turner. Well written. Well paced. Through the engaging letters, interspersed with historical background, I felt that I was "right there" during the war years, though I was born several years after the war ended. "Writing the War" tells a personal story alongside the reportage of wartime experiences and events. The letters themselves are so literate that I was left wondering how to compare them with our current cryptic electronic forms of communication.As a teenage friend of their daughter, I was frequently in the Kiley home. But also as a teenager