Ernie Pyle in England
Published on 19. July 2017
175 pages
978-1-78720-719-6 (ISBN)
Description
Ernie Pyle's human and unforgettable picture of England under the Blitzkrieg-a deeply moving story of courage and faith.Ernie Pyle in England, first published in 1941, is the account of the journalist's stay in England, Scotland and Wales during the height of the German bombing blitz on London and other cities of the United Kingdom.Pyle, one of the most famous correspondents of the Second World War, had an easy-going, folksy-style of writing, making the book an enjoyable yet informative read about the conditions he encountered. His descriptions of the effects of the bombing, nights spent in air raid shelters, food- and gas-rationing, and daily life in London remain classic pieces of war-time reporting.
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENS
- DEDICATION
- FOREWORD
- I.-ON MY WAY
- 1.-QUALMS
- 2-CROSSING
- 3.-WAY STATION
- II.-ALL QUIET
- 1.-PEACE TO WAR-SEVEN HOURS
- 2.-"HE HASN'T COME YET, SIR"
- 3.-FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- III.-MOST FATEFUL, MOST BEAUTIFUL
- 1.-RINGED AND STABBED WITH FIRE
- 2.-NIGHT STROLL, ILLUMINATED
- 3.-THE LANDMARKS
- 4.-ROUGHING IT
- 5.-WHOOO-ISSSHHH!
- 6.-SOUNDS AND SIGHTS
- 7.-BLINDFOLDED IN SAHARA
- IV.-THE HEROES ARE ALL THE PEOPLE
- 1.-ITS ALL TRUE
- 2.-THE CUPBOARD'S NOT BARE
- 3.-STREET SCENE
- 4.-THIS IS THE WAY OF WAPPING
- 5.-THE PYNTED AWL
- V.-GUNS AND BOMBERS
- 1.-TEA, WITH SOUND EFFECTS
- 2.-MISCELLANY
- 3.-THE BEAVER
- 4.-SHOP TALK WITH THE R.A.F.
- VI.-THE CAVE DWELLERS
- 1.-ALL I COULD BEAR
- 2.-DOUBLE-X
- 3.-STARS AND STRIPES
- 4.-LOOKING AHEAD
- VII.-EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH
- 1.-FEAR, WITH LAUGHTER
- 2.-YORKSHIRE FARM
- 3.-VISIT TO SCOTLAND
- 4.-A SCOTTISH FAMILY
- 5.-THE RED CLYDE
- 6.-DEFENSE IN DEPTH
- VIII.-MURDER IN THE MIDLANDS
- 1.-TRAIN TALK
- 2.-FACTORIES-EVERYWHERE
- 3.-BLITZKISS IN COVENTRY
- 4.-NOTES ON THE CUFF
- IX.-YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING
- 1. THE WAR IN WALES
- 2.-MINER
- 3.-NO MAN'S LAND
- 4.-LONGSHORE PUB
- 5.-BACK TO LONDON
- X.-BOMBS DO THE DAMNEDEST THINGS
- 1. "SHUT UP, THEY'LL HEAR YOU!"
- 2.-GERMANS, ARISE AND FLEE
- 3.-A VISIT WITH LOW
- 4.-READY FOR HITLER
- 5.-GOODBYE TO ALL THAT
- EPILOGUE
- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
