Between the Bylines

Name: Between the Bylines
SKU: 9780823233014
Price: 45.00 USD

A Father's Legacy

Susan E. Wiant

World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension

Pages: 368

Hardback

ISBN: 9780823233014

Published: 03 January 2011

$45.00

Fordham University Press

Description

Thoburn H. "Toby" Wiant was a fighter from an early age, and words were his weapons of choice. During World War II, he fought to scoop stories from rival reporters on the front lines as an Associated Press war correspondent. In chronicling the war from the China-Burma-India and European theaters of operation, he skillfully reported the battles of an all-too-real war while often in personal peril. In letters to his parents he revealed his personal reactions to the war. In this remarkable book, his daughter brings together Wiant’s printed articles and his private letters. With her aid, we view the war through his eyes as we watch a scrappy boy grow into manhood and an eager cub reporter develop into a seasoned war correspondent.

Praise

His reflections on battling the illnesses that ended his life at fifty-one are touching, as is Susan Wiant's closing letter to the father she discovered between the bylines.——American Journalism

“. . . A compelling and detailed first-hand account.”——On Point, The Journal of Army History

Gives insights into the challenges and practices of war reporting.——Nancy L. Roberts, University at Albany, SUNY

...[an] informative and touching remembrance.——Springfield News-Sun

“Allows historians to see what a significant war correspondent was thinking while he was covering battles in World War II. It is raw data, uncolored by the lens of memory.”——Michael Sweeney, Utah State University

In a poignant and loving tribute to her Associated Press correspondent father, Wiant seamlessly integrates his personal letters, his incisive war reporting from the front, and her own narrative voice.——John Romeiser, University of Tennessee

Toby Wiant, AP's fiest frontline correspondent, brought to life via articles and letters selected by his journalist daughter.——World War II

Author(s)

Following in her father’s footsteps, Susan E. Wiant is a freelance copywriter and editor.