Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Contributor(s): Bruchac, Joseph (Author)
Viewed through the eyes of a 16-year-old Navajo youth, "Code Talker" is a fascinating slice of World War II history by a much-respected and acclaimed author.After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

Publisher:  Puffin Books
Pub Date:  07/2006
ISBN:   9780142405963
Binding:  Paperback-1.78 cms H x 20.83 cms L x 13.97 cms W (0.25 kgs) 231 pages

Nonfiction