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The Real Story of Alvin York and the Unsung Heroes Who Made Him World War I's Most Famous Soldier
William Morrow Paperbacks
March 2022
On Sale: February 22, 2022
Featuring: Alvin Cullum York
288 pages
ISBN: 0062975897
EAN: 9780062975898
Kindle: B0894W7QMJ
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Non-Fiction Biography | Non-Fiction History
October 8, 1918 was a banner day for heroes of the American Expeditionary Force. Thirteen men performed heroic deeds that would earn them Medals of Honor. Of this group, one man emerged as the single greatest American hero of the Great War: Alvin Cullum York. A poor young farmer from Tennessee, Sergeant York was said to have single-handedly killed two dozen Germans and captured another 132 of the enemy plus thirty-five machine guns before noon on that fateful Day of Valor. York would become an American legend, celebrated in magazines, books, and a blockbuster biopic starring Gary Cooper. The film, Sergeant York, told of a hell-raiser from backwoods Tennessee who had a come-to-Jesus moment, then wrestled with his newfound Christian convictions to become one of the greatest heroes the U.S. Army had ever known. It was a great story—but not the whole story.
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