Book
12 strong : the declassified true story of the horse soldiers / Doug Stanton.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501178511 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: xx, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Edition: Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017.
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The amazing book that inspired the movie"--Cover. "Previously published as Horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan"--Title page verso. Includes excerpt from Doug Stanton's "The odyssey of Echo Company: the 1968 TET offensive and the epic battle to survive the Vietnam War". |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395). |
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| Genre: | Personal narratives. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 958.1047 Sta | 31681010093870 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
Doug Stanton is the author of the New York Times bestsellers In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors and Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan, which is the basis for a Jerry Bruckheimer–produced movie by the same name, starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon, to be released by Warner Bros. in 2018. He attended Hampshire College and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Time, The Washington Post, Men’s Journal, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Esquire, and Outside, where he has been a contributing editor. Stanton is a founder of the National Writers Series, a year-round book festival, and lives in his hometown of Traverse City, Michigan, with his wife, Anne Stanton, and their three children, John, Katherine, and Will.
