Code Talker ; The First and Only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII
Nez, Chester ; Avila, Judith Schiess (with)
Language: English
Published by The Berkley Publishing Group, New York, NY, 2011
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Stated "First Edition, September 2011" and includes "1" in the number line on copy right page. This book has tight binding. No writing, tears or creases on interior pages. The top edge of pages are slightly aged and a remainder mark on bottom edge. Black paper covered boards are clean and gold lettering titling on spine shiny and bright. The Dust Jacket does have a tape repaired tear on bottom front flap. Light edge wear elsewhere. The DJ is unclipped and has the price of "USA $26.95 / Canada $31.00". DJ in mylar jacket now.
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- Title
- Code Talker ; The First and Only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII
- Author
- Nez, Chester ; Avila, Judith Schiess (with)
- Publisher
- The Berkley Publishing Group, New York, NY
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0425244237
- ISBN 13
- 9780425244234
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
Although more than 400 Navajos served in the military during World War II as top-secret code talkers, even those fighting shoulder to shoulder with them were not told of their covert function. And, after the war, the Navajos were forbidden to speak of their service until 1968, when the code was finally declassified. Of the original twenty-nine Navajo code talkers, Chester Nez is the only one still alive. The original twenty-nine were the men who first devised the code, then proved it indispensable in combat.
In this memoir, the ninety-year-old Nez chronicles both his war years and his life growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation - the hard life that gave him the strength, both physical and mental, to become a Marine. His story puts a living face on the legendary men who developed what is still the only unbroken code in modern warfare.
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About the Author
Judith Schiess Avila conducted three years of interviews with Chester Nez before committing his story to paper. She lives in New Mexico.
Code Talker won the New Mexico Press Women's Zia Award and the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award. NPR (National Public Radio) read the entire book on-air.
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