Description |
xxii, 362 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps , portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-349) and index. |
Summary |
lluminates the saga behind the creation of the Tomb itself and recreates the moving ceremony during which it was consecrated and the eight Body Bearers, and the sergeant who had chosen the one body to be interred, solemnly united. The Unknowns is a timeless tale of heeding the calls of duty and brotherhood, and humanizes the most consequential event of the twentieth century, which still casts a shadow a century later. |
Audience |
Adult Brodart. |
Subject |
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
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Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)
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War memorials -- Virginia -- Arlington.
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Sepulchral monuments -- Virginia -- Arlington.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- History.
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Genre |
Nonfiction.
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Added Title |
Untold story of America's unknown soldier and WWI's most decorated heroes who brought him home |
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Untold story of America's unknown soldier and World War I's most decorated heroes who brought him home |
ISBN |
9780802128331 |
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0802128335 |
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