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| Author | Douglas V. Mastriano |
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| Subject | Alvin York |
| Genre | Biography, History |
| Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Pages | xii, 323 pages |
| Awards | Colby Award |
| ISBN | 9780813145198 |
| OCLC | 858901754 |
Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne is a biography of Alvin York by Douglas V. Mastriano published in 2014 by the University Press of Kentucky.
The book received the Colby Award in 2015. [1] [2]
A rival graduate student publicly raised questions about a number of citations in the book at the same time Mastriano was preparing for the Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign. [3] After further review, the book is being updated and re-released. [4] The publisher also reviewed Mastranio’s second book “Thunder in the Argonne” and does not plan any updates.
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