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Flags of Our Fathers: A Young People's Edition
Contributor(s): Bradley, James (Author), Powers, Ron (Author), French, Michael (Adapted by)

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ISBN: 0440229200 ISBN-13: 9780440229209
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library

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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2006
Annotation: In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.
In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima--and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag.
Now the son of one of the flagraisers has written a powerful account of six very different young men who came together in a moment that will live forever.
To his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. But after his death at age seventy, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. In Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley draws on those documents to retrace the lives of his father and the men of Easy Company. Following these men's paths to Iwo Jima, James Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle for the Pacific's most crucial island--an island riddled with Japanese tunnels and 22,000 fanatic defenders who would fight to the last man.
But perhaps the most interesting part of the story is what happened after the victory. The men in the photo--three were killed during the battle--were proclaimed heroes and flown home, to become reluctant symbols. For two of them, the adulation was shattering. Only James Bradley's father truly survived, displaying no copy of the famous photograph in hishome, telling his son only: "The real heroes of Iwo Jima were the guys who didn't come back."
Few books ever have captured the complexity and furor of war and its aftermath as well as Flags of Our Fathers. A penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, this is history told with keen insight, enormous honesty, and the passion of a son paying homage to his father. It is the story of the difference between truth and myth, the meaning of being a hero, and the essence of the human experience of war.

"From the Hardcover edition.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Modern
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Asia

Dewey: B

Age Level: 9-12

Grade Level: 4-7

Lexile Measure: 950(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.62" H x 4.36" W x 6.88" L (0.26 lbs) 224 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Cultural Region - Oceania

Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 86824
Reading Level: 8.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0

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Publisher Description:
The New York Times bestselling chronicle of one of the most famous moments in American military history--the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima during World War II--now adapted for young adults. Read the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and strength of America and its armed forces.

This is a penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, told with keen insight and enormous honesty --also a major motion picture directed by Clint Eastwood. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima-and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire, they battled to the island's highest peak. And there, they raised a flag, signaling a historic step towards the eventual defeat of the Axis powers of World War II.

A powerful account of six very different men--three of which were killed in battle-- who came together in the heroic fight for the Pacific's most crucial island. It is the story of the difference between truth and myth, the legacy of a hero, and the brutal cost of war.

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