The First Code Talkers: Native American Communicators in World War I short stories to build other kinds of

to build other kinds of beautiful lives

the place of the giants--the lives chronicled in Linda LeGarde Grover's book unfold

We see the legendary Jim Thorpe kicking a winning field goal

the loves and the losses that have brought the girls and their people to this moment

and two very special features: twelve city guides

The First Code Talkers: Native American Communicators in World War I short stories to build other kinds ofMany Americans know something about the Navajo code talkers in World War IIbut little else about the military service of Native Americans, who have served in our armed forces since the American Revolution, and still serve in larger numbers than any other ethnic group. But, as we learn in this splendid work of historical restitution, code talking originated in World War I among Native soldiers whose extraordinary service resulted, at long last, in U.