{"product_id":"under-the-eagle-samuel-holiday-navajo-code-talker-9780806143897","title":"Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker","description":"Samuel Holiday was one of a small group of Navajo men enlisted by the Marine Corps during World War II to use their native language to transmit secret communications on the battlefield. Based on extensive interviews with Robert S. McPherson, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e is Holiday's vivid account of his own story. It is the only book-length oral history of a Navajo code talker in which the narrator relates his experiences in his own voice and words. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnder the Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e carries the reader from Holiday's childhood years in rural Monument Valley, Utah, into the world of the United States's Pacific campaign against Japan--to such places as Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. Central to Holiday's story is his Navajo worldview, which shapes how he views his upbringing in Utah, his time at an Indian boarding school, and his experiences during World War II. Holiday's story, coupled with historical and cultural commentary by McPherson, shows how traditional Navajo practices gave strength and healing to soldiers facing danger and hardship and to veterans during their difficult readjustment to life after the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Navajo code talkers have become famous in recent years through books and movies that have dramatized their remarkable story. Their wartime achievements are also a source of national pride for the Navajos. And yet, as McPherson explains, Holiday's own experience was \"as much mental and spiritual as it was physical.\" This decorated marine served \"under the eagle\" not only as a soldier but also as a Navajo man deeply aware of his cultural obligations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806143897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Utah Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Utah Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2013 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Samuel Holiday, Robert S. McPherson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643970056348,"sku":"9780806143897","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ed9392ad-b809-41ad-bdc8-b947055eec63.jpg?v=1603857647","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/under-the-eagle-samuel-holiday-navajo-code-talker-9780806143897","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}