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1 online resource (1 audio file (420 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Tom Perkins. |
| Summary |
In the fall of 1965, West Point cadet Tom Carhart and five of his classmates from the U.S. Military Academy pulled off a feat of extraordinary ingenuity, precision, and raw guts: the theft of the billy goat mascot from their rival, the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, just before the biggest game of the year. The U.S. forces in Vietnam were then at two hundred thousand and growing, and the men in West Point's class of 1966 were well aware that they would serve, and quite possibly die, in that far-off war. But West Point's motto, "Duty, Honor, Country," affirms that its graduates will obey the decisions of our elected government, and the men of '66 were dutiful: of the 579 who graduated, 30 died in Vietnam, and roughly five times that number were wounded. Since this would be the men's last Army-Navy football game as cadets, they wanted to go out with a bang, not a whimper. Carhart tells the incredible true story of how, in stealing that Navy goat, the cadets unknowingly reenacted the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece from Greek mythology. The caper is interwoven with an insider's narrative about the private lives of six West Point cadets in the early 1960s, who, against all odds, hurled their last hurrah of triumph to America before flying off to fight the war in Vietnam. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Carhart, Tom.
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United States Military Academy -- Biography.
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Military cadets -- New York (State) -- West Point -- Biography.
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Military cadets -- New York (State) -- West Point -- Humor.
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United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States. Navy -- Mascots.
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Sports team mascots -- United States -- History.
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Student activities -- United States.
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Practical jokes -- United States -- History.
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College wit and humor.
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| Added Author |
Perkins, Tom.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
High-risk adventure at West Point |
| ISBN |
9781541428430 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1541428439 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11959748 |
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