Alan's War
The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope
by Emmanuel Guibert
Emmanuel Guibert met Alan Cope in 1994 on an island off the coast of France. They struck up an immediate friendship--the 30-year-old graphic novelist and the 69-year-old ex-GI with a knack for telling stories of his life--and this book was conceived. To bring it to life must have taken the metaphorical nine months of a human pregnancy following by some number of hours of hard labor, but the results are substantial. Maybe men can birth babies after all.
If you're a history buff or a world war II fanatic, I recommend this. Maybe. Possibly as a antidote for the machine-gun fire and gut-wrenching reality of modern-day movies. (Anyone seen Captain America?) It's a reminder that every single man saw a different war. This one may seem a little tame by comparison but it's never boring...and it has pictures!
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