Willie & Joe: the WWII years Volume I

When I wrote my review for volume II, I lamented the fact that I did not read these volumes in order. I am now glad I didn’t.

This volume is full of Maudlin’s earliest works, which are neither clean nor very concise. The punch lines are too long and there are way too many inside jokes without an abundance of footnotes which were well received in the 2nd volume. Having the introduction helped answer a few of the questions I had left unanswered in the footnotes.

However, I am now convinced, had I read this volume 1st, I probably would have decided to not try for the companion book. And to overlook that volume would have been a terrible oversight.