Joseph Farris - A Soldier's Sketchbook: From the Front Lines of World War II

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Joseph Farris - A Soldier's Sketchbook: From the Front Lines of World War II
When: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)

212-340-0863

This illustrated presentation chronicles the New Yorker cartoonist and painter's experiences as a young World War II soldier. From letters, drawings, and pictures, he tells of Christmas in the trenches, long walks through the rain and mud, landscapes of fear and despair, lost friends and leaders, and changing beliefs about human nature, God, and the Germans.



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