A Sort of a Saga

by Bill Mauldin

From the cover of the Second Edition "If Tom Sawyer had been born in 1921 and if he had spent his boyhood in New Mexico and Arizona instead of Missouri he would have lived this life and written this book." - The Saturday Review

301 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

William Henry "Bill" Mauldin was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe. These cartoons were broadly published and distributed in the American army abroad and in the United States.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Growing up in the still untamed Southwest during the late 20's and early 30's, Mauldin recounts entertaining tales that would have an overbearing state dragging children away and jailing parents today.

[S. Isaac · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this book up at a thrift store hoping to find some good reading for my book insatiable teenage sons. This was a solid win and two out of four have read it and said they laughed so hard all the way through.

[Grandma Mush · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful old book.. enjoyed reading about the 1940’s in NM and Arizona. So many references to things we know.

[Dagny · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too boring

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Memoir of the war artist's life growing up in the southwest USA. Illustrated throughout.