Title |
Final salute a story of unfinished lives
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Names |
Sheeler, Jim.
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Book Number |
DB067110
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Sheeler recounts the two years he spent shadowing marine major Steve Beck, an officer whose job is to notify the families of fallen soldiers. Sheeler portrays the lives of the deceased, Beck's efforts to comfort the grieving relatives, and the toll on surviving kin. 2008.
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Narrator |
Avers, Roy.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Military - BIPM
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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LC Subject |
Bereavement - Psychological aspects
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Death notification - United States
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Death - Psychological aspects
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Families of military personnel - United States
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Iraq War, 2003 - Casualties
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Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes - United States
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Call Number |
956.704437 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2008
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Library of Congress, 2008 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Penguin Press, 2008. 9781594201653
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