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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif;" class="ContentPasted0">Ohio University Press has a newly released book, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"><a href="https://ohioswallow.com/m/3f9C" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://ohioswallow.com/m/3f9C" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thomas
H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif;" class="ContentPasted0">, by Alysa Landry. I've read a review copy and found it very interesting, a good mid-grade book.</span></p>
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on the Bosque</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif;" class="ContentPasted0"> in Albuquerque. It is a confirmed author event with Alysa Landry, who will be in from Farmington. The publisher is waiting
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<span class="title ContentPasted2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; line-height: normal;">Thomas H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers</span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">By</span><span class="ContentPasted2" style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><a href="https://ohioswallow.com/author/Alysa+Landry" title="Alysa Landry" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(56, 114, 148);" class="ContentPasted2"><span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Alysa
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middle-grade readers to an unforgettable person and offers a close perspective on aspects of Navajo (or Diné) history and culture.</strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Thomas H. Begay was one of the young Navajo men who, during World War II, invented and used a secret, unbreakable communications code based on their native Diné language
to help win the war in the Pacific. Although the book includes anecdotes from other code talkers, its central narrative revolves around Begay. It tells his story, from his birth near the Navajo reservation, his childhood spent herding sheep, his adolescence
in federally mandated boarding schools, and ultimately, his decision to enlist in the US Marine Corps.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Alysa Landry relies heavily on interviews with Begay, who, as of this writing, is in his late nineties and one of only three surviving code talkers. Begay’s own voice
and sense of humor make this book particularly significant in that it is the only Code Talker biography for young readers told from a soldier’s perspective. Begay was involved with the book every step of the way, granting Landry unlimited access to his military
documents, personal photos, and oral history. Additionally, Begay’s family contributed by reading and fact-checking the manuscript. This truly is a unique collaborative project.</span></p>
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