Growing up in the Tennessee hills, Alvin York was equally
renowned as a marksman and as a hard-drinking brawler. A dramatic
New Year's conversion convinced him that killing was against God's
will, and yet this shy, big-boned mountaineer singlehandedly
dispatched two dozen Germans and captured 132 in the closing days
of World War I. He earned the Medal of Honor and a ticker tape
parade but refused to cash in on his fame, insisting "Uncle Sam's
uniform ain't for sale."
This succinct and gripping new account of Sgt. York's remarkable
life includes details from exclusive interviews with the sergeant's
three surviving children and information drawn from battlefield
eyewitness reports and original film studio archives: fresh
reminders of the legacy of one of America's great Christian
patriots.
We learn about life through the lives of others. Their
experiences, their trials, their adventures become our schools, our
chapels, our playgrounds. Christian Encounters, a series of
biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important
lives from all ages and areas of the Church through prose as
accessible and concise as it is personal and engaging. Some are
familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. Whether the person is
D.L. Moody, Sergeant York, Saint Nicholas, John Bunyan, or William
F. Buckley, we are now living in the world that they created and
understand both it and ourselves better in the light of their
lives. Their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires
uniquely illuminate our shared experience.
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