The Ballad of Roy Benavidez: The Life and Times of America's Most Famous Hispanic War Hero - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541600263ISBN-10:1541600266UPC:9781541600263Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:20th Century, Hispanic & Latino, Vietnam WarSize:9.50 x 6.28 x 1.49 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCH625YNTX
The Ballad of Roy Benavidez: The Life and Times of America's Most Famous Hispanic War Hero
The dramatic life of Vietnam War hero Roy Benavidez, revealing how Hispanic Americans have long shaped US history, from "a major new voice [with] lyrical powers as a biographer" (David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass) In May 1968, while serving in Vietnam, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez led the rescue of a reconnaissance team surrounded by hundreds of enemy...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541600263ISBN-10:1541600266UPC:9781541600263Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:20th Century, Hispanic & Latino, Vietnam WarSize:9.50 x 6.28 x 1.49 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCH625YNTX
William Sturkey is an associate professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Hattiesburg, a finalist for the Benjamin L. Hooks National Book Award and winner of the 2020 Zócalo Book Prize, and the coeditor of To Write in the Light of Freedom. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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