Sergeant York: An American Hero
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813190282 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lee, Dean of the Potter College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Western Kentucky University, is the author of Tennessee in Turmoil: Politics in the Volunteer State, 1920-1932. . David D
really enjoyed the read Got this book for class. really enjoyed the read, took about 5 hours.. Superb Bio of a WWI Hero Lee views the life of World War I hero Alvin York through the lens of a changing society. York represented, according to Lee, the values of 19th century rural American-simplicity, honesty, hard work, Protestantism, and Anglo-American heritage-in an industrializing society. His defeat of German machine gunners came to symbolize "man over machine" as well. Y. Too little on WW I After reading the biography on Eddie Rickenbacker, I figured this book would be a good follow-up on the other "hero" of WW-I. However, the book spends little time on Mr. York's military achievements and contains minimal information on battle tactics and strategy of that time. While the book is interesting and quick to read, it does not rate as a 5-star bio
But York, true to his character, went quietly back to his home in the Tennessee mountains, where he spent the remainder of his life working to bring schools and other services to those remote valleys where his neighbors lived.In this definitive biography, David D. He came back from no-man's-land a hero. With his rural background, his refusal to take commercial advantage of his fame, and his simple piety, Alvin York exemplified the traditional values of an agrarian America that was in his own day already receding into the past. York went out on a routine patrol an ordinary, unknown American doughboy of the First World War. In a brief encounter on October 8, 1918, during the Argonne offensive, York had killed 25 German soldiers and, almost singlehandedly, effected the capture of 132 others. Lee goes beyond that single wartime episode, however, to consider its consequences on York's later lifehis efforts, not always successful, to better his mountain community; his involvement in making a motion picture of his life; his difficulties with money and taxes. He has reexamined
"Should become the standard reference on the red-haired Tennessean who, in the final days of World War I, emerged from the Argonne Forest by himself with 132 German prisoners."Gun Week"York, as brought to life in the riveting book, made greatness out of simplicity and personified America and its values at their besta true hero."Military Heritage"This well-written, carefully researched study reveals the man and the often puzzling values that made him a hero."American Studies"A valuable look at the man, the times, andmost importantat the process of creating a national legend."Appalachian Journal"Lee's description and analysis of York's heroic deed will stand as definitive."Edward M. York, the man and American hero."McCormick (SC) Messenger"It is to