ONE OF THE GEMS I PICKED UP AT THE AAUW BOOK SALE WAS "ERNIES AMERICA."

ERNIE PYLE WAS THE GREAT COLUMNIST OF WWII, BUT HE WAS GREAT BEFORE WHEN HIS EDITOR IN WASHINGTON SENT HIM ON THE ROAD IN THE USA TO COVER THE DUST BOWL, THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND ORDINARY PEOPLE.  ITS A GREAT READ.  

UNFORTUNATELY, A JAPANESE SNIPER ENDED HIS LIFE NEAR IWO JIMA, AND SILENCED A GREAT ORDINARY MAN, WHO TOLD THE STORY OF AMERICANS WHEREVER HE TRAVELED.