Pyle's

The majesty of Ernie Pyle's World War II newspaper reporting can be quietly found in the index to this volume, where the following names, among hundreds, are included: Cartwright, Pfc.

Five Best: Ink-Stained Riches Bob Greene 2011

And in the same general area is Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, Nemours and the Brandywine River Museum (with their collection of Wyeth family paintings including N.C. who was a student of Pyle's).

"There's a great black wave in the middle of the sea for me, for you..." greygirlbeast 2010

I don't know Pyle's opinion of this particular work, but a newspaper described an appearance he made in Milwaukee: With the aid of a stereopticon a number of pictures were thrown on the screen, works of prominent painters, and these were criticised by the lecturer.

Bastien-Lepage: Reinstating Nature James Gurney 2010

A show in the same museum as so many Pyle's and a wonderful collection of Golden Age Illustration.

Delaware Museum Opening James Gurney 2010

Did you have a chance to make it over to the Schoonover Studios or Pyle's studio?

Delaware Museum Opening James Gurney 2010

The status of Journalism today, in the United States, is pathetic in many cases, and so war weary Americans who truly appreciate a never ending fight for truth, justice, and the American way, should make an effort to acquaint themselves the writing done by people from the past who worked hard to "tell it like it is" even though at times, as in Pyle's case, it may cost the writer his or her life.

National Columnists Day Returns 2009

Or perhaps Bush only saw the misbegotten Joseph L. Mankiewicz movie based on the book, which obscured Pyle's guilt.

Greg Mitchell: Bush Misreads Iraq: 'The Quiet American' Not Kristol Clear 2009

NCD began in 1995, exactly 50 years after Pyle's death (I double-checked that math on an acoustic abacus once strummed by Eric Clapton).

Dave Astor: 'Columnists Day': An Antidote for April Angst 2009

Meredith lovingly evokes Pyle's humanistic and devoted attitude toward the ordinary soldiers who were his subjects, and Mitchum - in an early, star-making role - combines grit with gut-wrenching emotion.

John Farr: The Ten Best Movies About Journalism by Farr 2009

We write and post the annual column a few days early so that other columnists might be inspired to join the effort to not let Pyle's life and work slide into obscurity and become a curious footnote for journalism's history.

National Columnists Day Returns 2009