The Price of Valor
The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II
Published on 20. April 2015
384 pages
978-1-62157-384-5 (ISBN)
Description
When he was seventeen years old, Audie Murphy falsified his birth records so he could enlist in the Army and help defeat the Nazis. When he was nineteen, he single-handedly turned back the German Army at the Battle of Colmar Pocket by climbing on top of a tank with a machine gun, a moment immortalized in the classic film To Hell and Back, starring Audie himself. In the first biography covering his entire life-including his severe PTSD and his tragic death at age 45-the unusual story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated hero of WWII, is brought to life for a new generation.
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David A. Smith
The Price of Valor
The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II
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05/2015
Regnery Publishing Inc
€48.46
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David A.Smith
Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE: A CHILD OF THE DEPRESSION
- CHAPTER TWO: FINDING A PURPOSE
- CHAPTER THREE: INTO THE FIGHT
- CHAPTER FOUR: ITALY
- CHAPTER FIVE: A ROAD TO HEROISM
- CHAPTER SIX: A WEARY VICTOR
- CHAPTER SEVEN: A HERO RETURNS TO TEXAS
- CHAPTER EIGHT: A HERO GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
- CHAPTER NINE: THE MAKING OF A STAR
- CHAPTER TEN: TO HELL AND BACK
- CHAPTER ELEVEN: RIDING A CROOKED TRAIL
- CHAPTER TWELVE: NO NAME ON THE BULLET
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- FILMOGRAPHY OF AUDIE MURPHY
- NOTES
- INDEX
