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Alvin York : a new biography of the hero of the Argonne / Douglas V. Mastriano.
- Title
- Alvin York : a new biography of the hero of the Argonne / Douglas V. Mastriano.
- Author
- Mastriano, Douglas V.
- Publication
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | D570.9.Y7 M37 2014 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 323 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Alvin C. York (1887--1964) -- devout Christian, conscientious objector, and reluctant hero of World War I -- is one of America's most famous and celebrated soldiers. Known to generations through Gary Cooper's Academy Award-winning portrayal in the 1941 film Sergeant York, York is credited with the capture of 132 German soldiers on October 8, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne region of France -- a deed for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.At war's end, the media glorified York's bravery but some members of the German military and a soldier from his own unit cast aspersions on his wartime record. Recently, a new generation of historians has also argued that York received more recognition than he deserved.
- Series Statement
- American warriors
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A life well lived -- Without prospect -- At war with the army -- Marching as to war -- Into the trenches! -- Prelude to battle -- One day in October -- The war without end -- Emergence of a national hero -- Back on the farm in Pall Mall -- Another war with Germany -- Honoring a hero.
- ISBN
- 9780813145198 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0813145198 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780813145211 (pdf) (canceled/invalid)
- 9780813145228 (epub) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2013045082
- OCLC
- 858901754
- SCSB-12759232
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library