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See Sergeant Alvin York in a new and
revealing light. Download The Making of a Hero and a Legend
as an ebook immediately and savor it for years to come. This
book is must reading for all York fans and all those interested
in the intimate details of his powerful story as it appeared
in print during his lifetime.
- Informative. Powerful. A
fresh look at the great hero and details of his story.
- Meticulously researched with
a high level of accountability and accuracy, this book traces
the development of Alvin York's epic story from its origins until
his death.
- Research uncovers those power
brokers who shaped the press coverage of York to their own advantage
and reveals the hero makers as well as the strategies and tactics
used in the making of Sergeant York, the hero and the legend.
- Very readable and well written,
this book about Sergeant Alvin York boasts 32,900 words with
much of the material little known even to those most familiar
with York's story.
- Originally written as a master's
thesis, this work displays scholarly attention to presentation
of facts and features intimate details that will satisfy an ever
hungry audience of York fans and enthusiasts.
- The Making of a Hero and
a Legend traces the image-making
process through an in-depth analysis of the newspaper publicity
that followed Sergeant York upon his return from World War I
and accompanied him throughout his life.
- New perspectives and details
about the man himself emerge as this book reveals those facets
of his story that lifted him from being a short-term public figure
to the height of legend.
- Chapter titles: Read
sample passages
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I. America's
Hero of World War I
The Alvin C. York Story
Research Methods
The Reporting of World War I
II. Introduction
to the American Public
The Chase Article
The Patullo Article
III. The New
York Press
The New York Times
The New York Tribune
The New York Herald
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IV. The Tennessee Press
The Prearrival Publicity
Stories of the Arrival and New York Reception
Stories of the Hero in Tennessee
Editorials
The York Promoters
V. York in the
New York Times After 1919
York Agricultural Institute
Challenges to the Legend
Film Fame and War Fever
Illness and Financial Woes
A Final Tribute
VI. The Making
and Maintenance of "Sergeant York"
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The author, Sandra Turner,
is a freelance writer and editor and publisher of a nationwide
magazine for Christian singles. She has worked for Tennessee
newspapers, including the Herald-Citizen and the Tennessean,
as editor of an East Tennessee weekly newspaper, as a writer/editor
for TVA's Power Division in Chattanooga, and as an English teacher
at York Institute and Clarkrange High School in Fentress County.
She has B.A. and M.S. degrees from the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville. She is a member of the Fentress County Chamber of
Commerce and currently does publicity for the annual Allardt
Pumpkin Festival.
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