Code talker
Code talker: a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two Joseph Bruchac,
Publisher: New York : Speak, 2006, c2005.
ISBN: 0142405965
Summary:
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is
a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by
the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War
II in their native tongue.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227).
Sent away -- Boarding school -- To be forgotten -- Progress -- High
school -- Sneak attack -- Navajos wanted -- New recruits --
Blessingway -- Boot camp -- Code school -- Learning the code --
Shipping out to Hawaii -- Enemies -- Field maneuvers -- Bombardment
-- First landing -- On Bougainville -- Do you have a Navajo? -- Next
targets -- Guam -- Fatigue -- Pavavu -- Iwo Jima -- In sight of
Suribachi -- Black beach -- Okinawa -- Bomb -- Going home -- Author's
note -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments.
Book Details:
Language: eng
Physical Description: 231 p. ; 21 cm.
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