Alvin York : A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne /
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...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2014]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.