Thomas H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers

by Alysa Landry

Book Overview

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 Din 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821425064
• ISBN13: 9780821425060
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8