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Shifty's war : the authorized biography of Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers / Marcus Brotherton.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780425240977
  • Physical Description: xvi, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Berkley Caliber, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
General Taylor's lottery -- No ordinary country -- The fun and the fear -- Bulletproof -- Faces set like flint -- The things I had no words for -- Orders -- A blur of battles -- Craziness -- Only safe under the earth -- Foy -- Maybe we'll actually live -- At war's end -- The difference at home -- How a man wrestles with war -- The Band of Brothers -- The last garden -- Epilogue -- Chart: Understanding Shifty's placement.
Subject:
Powers, Shifty, 1923-2009.
United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. Company E.
United States. Army > Parachute troops > History > 20th century.
Shooters of firearms > United States > Biography.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Swansboro Branch Library BIO POWERS (Text) 36015000903316 Adult Biography Available -