The Navajo Code Talkers

Paul, Doris A.

ISBN 10: 0805918701 / ISBN 13: 9780805918700

Published by Dorrance Publishing Company, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990

About this Item

Hardcover with dustjacket, this fine collector's copy is signed by 19 of the Code Talkers, each signee has written their Regiment/Division below their signature, we have verified that all of these names were original Code Talkers, book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket is also in great shape with a few mild traces of rubbing as its only flaw, the original price (13.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, also included is a newspaper article from 2009 about the Code Talkers and two other related inserts, "World War II buffs will delight in this dramatic and thoroughly researched account of what has too long been treated as a footnote in history," illustrated, includes a bibliography ; 170 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 040736

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Navajo Code Talkers

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company, Pittsburgh, PA

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 7th Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages; Description: xii, 170 p. illus. frontis. 22 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 169-170. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 --Cryptography; World War, 1939-1945 --Participation, Indian; Navajo code talkers.

From the Publisher:

Review by Benis S. Frank, Marine Corps Chief Historian
"...the best and most complete story of the code talkers yet published...I always recommend it whenever someone asks me for a good source on the subject."

Benis S. Frank
Chief Historian
US Marine Corps