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Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
by Joseph Bruchac
I've always been fascinated by history. Not the kind of history that you read about in your textbooks, but the history that is passed down in stories. The history of one person or a few people and their actions and reactions to the events around them. I think that's why I like historical fiction. It makes the past into the present in so many ways, and I love learning that way.
I've heard the story of the Code Talkers before. It was briefly mentioned in my history courses, but the true extent of what happened was simply glossed over. This story is told from the POV of a fiction Navajo man chronicling his story through boarding school's attempts to strip him of his culture through becoming an indispensible part of winning the Pacific theater of WWII. While Ned is fictional, the author notes that everything that Ned records actually happened to many of the First Nation People he has talked through while conducting his research.
This story is dense and full of information, but it flows well and is fascinating. The story moved me to tears on more than one occasion. I enjoyed it very much. I would recommend this to anyone who loves history and historical fiction, especially WWII.
I've heard the story of the Code Talkers before. It was briefly mentioned in my history courses, but the true extent of what happened was simply glossed over. This story is told from the POV of a fiction Navajo man chronicling his story through boarding school's attempts to strip him of his culture through becoming an indispensible part of winning the Pacific theater of WWII. While Ned is fictional, the author notes that everything that Ned records actually happened to many of the First Nation People he has talked through while conducting his research.
This story is dense and full of information, but it flows well and is fascinating. The story moved me to tears on more than one occasion. I enjoyed it very much. I would recommend this to anyone who loves history and historical fiction, especially WWII.