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Code talker / Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila.
Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, discusses his life growing up in the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo reservation, and shares the story of how he helped the United States develop and implement a secret military language based on his native language during World War II that became the only unbroken code in modern warfare.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780425247853 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: viii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Dutton Caliber trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Caliber, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII"--Cover. Originally published in hardcover: New York : Berkley Caliber, 2011. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 940.545973092 Nez | 31681010402303 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
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