A self-described �desert rat� who rocketed to fame at the age of twenty-two, Bill Mauldin used flashing black
brush lines and sardonic captions to capture the world of the American combat soldier in World War II. His cartoon
dogfaces, Willie and Joe, appeared in Stars and Stripes and hundreds of newspapers back home, bearing grim witness
to life in the foxhole. We�ve never viewed war in the same way since. This lushly illustrated biography draws on
private papers, correspondence, and thousands of original drawings to render a full portrait of a complex and quintessentially
American genius.