The York Patrol
The Real Story of Alvin York and the Unsung Heroes Who Made Him World War I's Most Famous Soldier
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: x, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Documents the stories of a legendary World War I soldier and his fellow Medal of Honor-decorated patrol members, heralding their courageous capture of dozens of German adversaries in the Argonne Forest.
Contents:
The day -- The man -- The paths of righteousness -- The salt of the earth -- A time for war -- From Paradise to battle -- Toward the unknown -- Lost boys -- To kingdom come -- Day of days, part one -- Day of days, part two -- An epochal exploit -- What would York do -- A time for peace -- Waiting for the hero -- A clear conscience -- The spoils of war -- A one-man army? -- His war diary -- How a hillbilly got a farm -- An imitation of war -- Old soldiers.
Subjects:
York, Alvin Cullum, 1887-1964.
United States. Army -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
York, Alvin Cullum, 1887-1964.
United States. Army -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
ISBN:
9780062975881
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWI Nel | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index.