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Author:

Aaseng, Nathan.

Title:

Navajo code talkers / Nathan Aaseng.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Walker,

Copyright Date:

c2002, c1992

Description:

ix, 114 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian--Juvenile literature.
Navajo Indians--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian.
Cryptography.
Navajo Indians.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New.

Notes:

"Originally published in the United States of America in 1992 by Walker Publishing Company, Inc."--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110) and index.

Contents:

Foreword / Roy O. Hawthorne -- War of words -- Needed: an unbreakable code -- Creating the code -- Earning the trust -- Life in the war zone -- Breaking Japanese codes -- Island-hopping -- Battle of Sulfur Island: the code talkers' finest hour -- Back home.

Summary:

Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language.

ISBN:

9780802776273
0802776272

Locations:

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)

ZNPA437 -- Mondamin Public Library (Mondamin)

NVPB663 -- Riceville Public Library (Riceville)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

ZVPB675 -- Whiting Public Library (Whiting)

BYPB851 -- Zearing Public Library (Zearing)