Writer and artist Wayne Vansant (Marbleton, GA) was the primary artist for Marvel's The 'Nam for more than five years. Since then, he has written and illustrated many historically accurate books such as Days of Darkness, Battron: The Trojan Woman, Antietam: The Fiery Trial (with the National Park Service), Blockade: The Civil War at Sea, The War in Korea, and The Vietnam War: A Graphic History. He is currently finishing up The Hammer and the Anvil (2012), a book about Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and the end of slavery in America.
"I am very pleased to have discovered a new history graphic novel
series, beginning with Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day: The
Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe which is both written
and illustrated by Wayne Vansant. Other books will follow, on
subjects including Gettysburg, Civil War Generals Grant and Lee,
and the Bombing of Nazi Germany. The series is aimed at teen
readers, but I find it's great for adults interested in
experiencing history through the graphic novel medium. I recommend
this book and the forthcoming books in the series to anyone who
enjoys graphic novels and/or history, and for those older kids in
your life who are having a hard time getting into history. We will
definitely be using it for our homeschooling curriculum when my
kids are a bit older." - WIRED.com Geek Dad
"Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day; The Allied Invasion of
Fortress Europe, adopts the comic-book, graphic-novel style of
illustrated panels accompanied by a bit of text to tell the story
of the June 6, 1944, invasion of France through the August 25 entry
into Paris. Unlike the mostly-for-entertainment comics of my
childhood, this book gives an accurate overview of the events it
relates and provides a surprising amount of detail, given its
limited-text, just-over-100-pages format. It isn't just for younger
readers, either, although it would serve as a great introduction to
the Normandy campaign for pre-teens and teens. Wayne Vansant found
the right mix of text and illustration in creating this book. The
short sentence structure imposed by the graphic novel format adds
to the story, giving an enhanced sense of action and urgency. It's
a good, short, informative read for adults and an excellent tool
for introducing younger readers to the story of D-Day. Highly
recommended." - ArmChairGeneral.com
"What a glorious book, vivid, accurate, utterly bewitching." - Alex
Kershaw, bestselling author of The Bedford Boys: One American
Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
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