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Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II-now with a new cover and introduction In 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Africa, and from England in the midst of the London blitz. In his dispatches he focuses on the human-scale effect of the war, portraying everyone from the guys in a bomber crew to Bob Hope on his USO tour and even fighting alongside soldiers behind enemy lines. Taken together, these writings create an indelible portrait of life in wartime.
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“Even Steinbeck fans may not have encountered thiscollection of wartime journalism on WWII, and Lloyd James’s narration makes thewait worthwhile. His voice is comfortable, confident, and confiding as herecounts stories about people rather than events. His delivery is just rightfor this audiobook as Steinbeck’s purpose was not to gather news but to reportthe human side of the war. Some of the many short pieces are funny, and someare heartbreaking; all the people involved come across in their natural voices.Even though there are rarely more than one or two speaking characters in ananecdote, they’re always distinguishable by voice and accent. Like Steinbeck,James clearly appreciates each one of them.”
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“If you have forgotten what the war was like, Steinbeck will refresh your memory. Age can never dull this kind of writing.”
— Chicago Tribune
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About John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck (1902–1968) remains one of the quintessential writers of American literature. Born in Salinas, California, Steinbeck attended Stanford University before working at a series of mostly blue-collar jobs and embarking on his literary career. Profoundly committed to social progress, he used his writing to raise issues of labor exploitation and the plight of the common man, penning some of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century and winning such prestigious awards as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He received the Nobel Prize in 1962, “for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception.” He wrote more than twenty-five novels during his lifetime.
About Lloyd James
Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been a working professional actor in theater, film, television, and voice-overs for more than thirty years. He has narrated over one thousand audiobooks and won numerous Earphones Awards and nominations for the Audie Award and the Voice Arts Award. He holds a BFA degree in acting from Santa Fe University, New Mexico.