From the February issue of Indianapolis Monthly comes news that the Indiana Historical Society has recently acquired the books of traveling columnist and World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle's personal library. Pyle was a hugely popular writer, mainly thanks to the accessibility and lack of pretence of his writing, so it comes as no surprise that the books in his collection are mostly unremarkable. Nine of the 300-plus books are travel guides, and many volumes are the crossword-puzzle books of Pyle's wife, Jerry. Even more interesting than the books themselves, we are told, are the notes that the couple scribbled inside them.
Cue jokes about the George W. Bush Library.
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