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PublisherSouthern Illinois University Press

ISBN-100809325276

ISBN-139780809325276

eBay Product ID (ePID)2437123

Product Key Features

Book TitleDog Tags Yapping : the World War II Letters of a Combat Gi

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / United States, Military

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorMorton D. Elevitch

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight23.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-154371

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"This is war as it should be told-through the words of an individual who was there on the frontlines. M. D. Elevitch is an incredible artist and a real American hero, and his war letters reveal an extraordinary story with great passion and humor.Dog Tags Yapping,like the author himself, is simply sensational." -Andrew Carroll,editor ofWar Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, This is war as it should be told—through the words of an individual who was there on the frontlines. M. D. Elevitch is an incredible artist and a real American hero, and his war letters reveal an extraordinary story with great passion and humor. Dog Tags Yapping, like the author himself, is simply sensational." —Andrew Carroll, editor of War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, "This is war as it should be told--through the words of an individual who was there on the frontlines. M. D. Elevitch is an incredible artist and a real American hero, and his war letters reveal an extraordinary story with great passion and humor.Dog Tags Yapping,like the author himself, is simply sensational." --Andrew Carroll,editor ofWar Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, "This is war as it should be told--through the words of an individual who was there on the frontlines. M. D. Elevitch is an incredible artist and a real American hero, and his war letters reveal an extraordinary story with great passion and humor. Dog Tags Yapping, like the author himself, is simply sensational." --Andrew Carroll, editor of War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

Dewey Decimal940.54/1273/092 B

SynopsisA chronicle of war infused with uncommon cheer, "Dog Tags Yapping: The World War II Letters of a Combat GI "is a young man s education in life and death and a narrative of war told completely in letters. During World War II, thousands of high school graduates were drafted into the army to be trained in colleges as engineers or other technicians but instead were assigned to fighting units and joined the great assault in Europe after D-Day. One of those reprogrammed combat infantrymen was Morton Elevitch from Duluth, Minnesota. Elevitch s cartoons, drawings, and extremely unconventional letters homerescued from box-in-the-basement oblivion after a more than fifty-year dormancyrecover the story of one rerouted GI in a voice that is compelling and new. Embellished with a boyish flair, the quirky and playful documents collected here impart a distinctly personal and uncalculated record of war, family, and coming of age. It s much easier to wield a melancholy pen than to sit down and cry, Elevitch declares to his father. Sparkling with a patina of wit and the bittersweet allure of lost innocence, the words and letters of Privitch Elevate offer the immediacy of the events as they unfolded. With the ease and expertise expected of a more seasoned storyteller, the young Elevitch escorts readers through his basic training and departure for Europe, duty in Brittany with the 94th Division and departure for Germany, combat under Patton s command, wounding by mortar fragments, convalescence in England, and his return to France with the Signal Corps to guard prisoners and await demobilization. But along with these letters are the stories of his relationships with his parents, his brother, the men of his company and even the prisoners of war. The author s perspectives on the war radically change. Both comic and tragic in its treatment of war s chaos and tedium, this sensitive personal history covers experiences from the adjustment to military life and the temptations of flesh to the pain of wounds and recovery and the exposure to foreign countries and cultures. Presaging his career as a novelist and editor, Elevitch s words and drawings sketch an audacious and highly imaginative portrait of a young man during an exceptional time in world history. Evocative of life lived and nearly lost, his jarring accounts of combat reveal a soldier who was wounded not only in body but also in soul, in a war that changed him foreverjust as it changed everyone it touched. Reproduced here as they were originally written, alongside a gallery of photos and hand-drawn battle maps, Elevitch s cartoons and letters were initially intended for only three persons. But with their unique historical value and affecting exploration of the human spirit, they resurface in "Dog Tags Yapping "and result in an exhilarating ride for all readers through his wild bivouac of the mind. ", A chronicle of war infused with uncommon cheer, Dog Tags Yapping: The World War II Letters of a Combat GI is a young man's education in life and death and a narrative of war told completely in letters. During World War II, thousands of high school graduates were drafted into the army to be trained in colleges as engineers or other technicians but instead were assigned to fighting units and joined the great assault in Europe after D-Day. One of those reprogrammed combat infantrymen was Morton Elevitch from Duluth, Minnesota. Elevitch's cartoons, drawings, and extremely unconventional letters home--rescued from box-in-the-basement oblivion after a more than fifty-year dormancy--recover the story of one rerouted GI in a voice that is compelling and new. Embellished with a boyish flair, the quirky and playful documents collected here impart a distinctly personal and uncalculated record of war, family, and coming of age. "It's much easier to wield a melancholy pen than to sit down and cry," Elevitch declares to his father. Sparkling with a patina of wit and the bittersweet allure of lost innocence, the words and letters of "Privitch Elevate" offer the immediacy of the events as they unfolded. With the ease and expertise expected of a more seasoned storyteller, the young Elevitch escorts readers through his basic training and departure for Europe, duty in Brittany with the 94th Division and departure for Germany, combat under Patton's command, wounding by mortar fragments, convalescence in England, and his return to France with the Signal Corps to guard prisoners and await demobilization. But along with these letters are the stories of his relationships with his parents, his brother, the men of his company and even the prisoners of war. The author's perspectives on the war radically change. Both comic and tragic in its treatment of war's chaos and tedium, this sensitive personal history covers experiences from the adjustment to military life and the temptations of flesh to the pain of wounds and recovery and the exposure to foreign countries and cultures. Presaging his career as a novelist and editor, Elevitch's words and drawings sketch an audacious and highly imaginative portrait of a young man during an exceptional time in world history. Evocative of life lived and nearly lost, his jarring accounts of combat reveal a soldier who was wounded not only in body but also in soul, in a war that changed him forever--just as it changed everyone it touched. Reproduced here as they were originally written, alongside a gallery of photos and hand-drawn battle maps, Elevitch's cartoons and letters were initially intended for only three persons. But with their unique historical value and affecting exploration of the human spirit, they resurface in Dog Tags Yapping and result in an exhilarating ride for all readers through his "wild bivouac of the mind."

LC Classification NumberD811.E553A3 2003