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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
by Judith Schiess Avila, Chester Nez
The co-author did a wonderful job of capturing Nez's voice. It felt like sitting and listening to someone tell stories, but with footnotes for context.
I loved the Navajo cultural aspects, what Nez's life was like growing up, the ceremonies he went to, how he took that with him to war. Indeed, I would have liked more on that, and less war, but appreciated the details we got. It was also pretty political, outlining the wrongs done to the Navajo in a matter of fact way.
The Pacific Theatre took up the bulk of the book, which was fair as that's what most people are here for, and the author did a good job of setting up context for what was going on. It worked to follow the story, but was from the PoV of a marine at the time. Which makes me interested in reading more about it from a broader perspective. The battles and military life were very well written though, and gave a strong impression of what it was like to life through that.
I probably would have liked a bit more of the code, though the author gave a good explanation of how it worked. I'm not sure how good at Navajo the audiobook reader was, but it was really cool to hear in any case.
Fascinating read all around.
I loved the Navajo cultural aspects, what Nez's life was like growing up, the ceremonies he went to, how he took that with him to war. Indeed, I would have liked more on that, and less war, but appreciated the details we got. It was also pretty political, outlining the wrongs done to the Navajo in a matter of fact way.
The Pacific Theatre took up the bulk of the book, which was fair as that's what most people are here for, and the author did a good job of setting up context for what was going on. It worked to follow the story, but was from the PoV of a marine at the time. Which makes me interested in reading more about it from a broader perspective. The battles and military life were very well written though, and gave a strong impression of what it was like to life through that.
I probably would have liked a bit more of the code, though the author gave a good explanation of how it worked. I'm not sure how good at Navajo the audiobook reader was, but it was really cool to hear in any case.
Fascinating read all around.