Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War
(OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen)

John McCain. (2014). Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War. Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio.

John McCain. 2014. Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans At War. Simon & Schuster Audio.

John McCain, Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans At War. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2014.

John McCain. Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans At War. Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio, 2014.

OverDrive Product Record

images

• cover:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/5054-1/{14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2}Img100.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• thumbnail:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/5054-1/{14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2}Img200.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover150Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/5054-1/14B/A8A/85/{14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2}Img150.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover300Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/5054-1/14B/A8A/85/{14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2}Img400.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg

formats

1. • identifiers:
     1. • type: 8
        • value: simonandschuster_audio#9781442374898
     2. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9781442379664
   • name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
   • id: audiobook-mp3
2. • identifiers:
     1. • type: 8
        • value: simonandschuster_audio#9781442374898
     2. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9781442379664
   • name: OverDrive Listen
   • id: audiobook-overdrive

mediaType

Audiobook

primaryCreator

• role: Author
• name: John McCain

title

Thirteen Soldiers

dateAdded

2015-01-20T11:42:00-05:00

contentDetails

1. • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=141&titleID=1586321
   • type: text/html
   • account:
     • name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
     • id: 1151

sortTitle

Thirteen Soldiers A Personal History of Americans at War

crossRefId

1586321

subtitle

A Personal History of Americans at War

id

14ba8a85-dbea-45c5-871d-add314e80ae2

starRating

3

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain

False

formats

1. • duration: 13:43:38
   • fileName: ThirteenSoldiers_9781442374898_1586321
   • partCount: 14
   • fileSize: 395462518
   • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9781442374898
     2. • type: 8
        • value: simonandschuster_audio#9781442374898
   • rights:
     1. • type: PlayOnPC
        • value: 1
     2. • type: PlayOnPCCount
        • value: -1
     3. • type: BurnToCD
        • value: 1
     4. • type: BurnToCDCount
        • value: -1
     5. • type: PlayOnPM
        • value: 1
     6. • type: TransferToSDMI
        • value: 1
     7. • type: TransferToNonSDMI
        • value: 1
     8. • type: TransferCount
        • value: -1
     9. • type: CollaborativePlay
        • value: 0
     10. • type: PublicPerformance
         • value: 0
     11. • type: TranscodeToAAC
         • value: 1
   • name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
   • isReadAlong: False
   • id: audiobook-mp3
   • onSaleDate: 11/11/2014
   • samples:
     1. • source: Part 1
        • formatType: audiobook-mp3
        • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/1586321-ThirteenSoldiers.mp3
     2. • source: Part 1
        • formatType: audiobook-overdrive
        • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
2. • duration: 13:43:45
   • fileName: ThirteenSoldiers-7860
   • partCount: 0
   • fileSize: 395403382
   • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9781442374898
     2. • type: 8
        • value: simonandschuster_audio#9781442374898
   • name: OverDrive Listen
   • isReadAlong: False
   • id: audiobook-overdrive
   • onSaleDate: 11/11/2014
   • samples:
     1. • source: Part 1
        • formatType: audiobook-mp3
        • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/1586321-ThirteenSoldiers.mp3
     2. • source: Part 1
        • formatType: audiobook-overdrive
        • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com

creators

1. • role: Author
   • fileAs: McCain, John
   • bioText: Senator John McCain (1936—2018) entered the Naval Academy in June of 1954. He served in the United States Navy until 1981. He was elected to the US House of Representatives from Arizona in 1982 and to the Senate in 1986. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president in the 2008 election. He is the author of Faith of My Fathers, Worth Fighting For, Why Courage Matters, Character Is Destiny, Thirteen Soldiers, and The Restless Wave.
   • name: John McCain
2. • role: Author
   • fileAs: Salter, Mark
   • bioText: Mark Salter has collaborated with John McCain on all seven of their books, including The Restless Wave, Faith of My Fathers, Worth the Fighting For, Why Courage Matters, Character Is Destiny, Hard Call, and Thirteen Soldiers. He served on Senator McCain's staff for eighteen years.
   • name: Mark Salter
3. • role: Narrator
   • fileAs: McCain, John
   • bioText: Senator John McCain (1936—2018) entered the Naval Academy in June of 1954. He served in the United States Navy until 1981. He was elected to the US House of Representatives from Arizona in 1982 and to the Senate in 1986. He was the Republican Party's nominee for president in the 2008 election. He is the author of Faith of My Fathers, Worth Fighting For, Why Courage Matters, Character Is Destiny, Thirteen Soldiers, and The Restless Wave.
   • name: John McCain

publishDate

2014-11-11T00:00:00-05:00

edition

Unabridged

isOwnedByCollections

True

title

Thirteen Soldiers

fullDescription

A personal history of war from bestselling authors John McCain and Mark Salter, told through the stories of thirteen remarkable American soldiers who fought in the nation's major military conflicts, from the Revolution of 1776 through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and a long-time student of history, John McCain brings a distinctive perspective to the experience of war. With Mark Salter, Thirteen Soldiers tells the stories of real soldiers who personify valor, obedience, enterprise, and love. You'll meet Joseph Plumb Martin, who at the tender age of fifteen fought in the Revolutionary War; Charles Black, a freeborn African American sailor in the War of 1812; and Sam Chamberlain, of the Mexican American War, whose life inspired novelist Cormac McCarthy. Then there's Oliver Wendell Holmes, an aristocratic idealist disillusioned by the Civil War, and Littleton "Tony" Waller, court-martialed for refusing to massacre Filipino civilians.

Each story illustrates a particular aspect of war, such as Mary Rhoads, an Army reservist forever changed by an Iraqi scud missile attack during the Persian Gulf War; Monica Lin Brown, a frontline medic in rural Afghanistan who saved several lives in a convoy ambush; and Michael Monsoor, a Navy SEAL, who smothered a grenade before it could detonate on his men in Iraq. From their acts of self-sacrifice to their astonishing valor in the face of unimaginable danger, these "inspirational accounts of thirteen Americans who fought in various wars...aptly reveal humanizing moments in such theaters of cruelty" (Publishers Weekly).

reviews

1. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     October 6, 2014
     Senator McCain and staffer Salter (Hard Call: Great Decisions and the People Who Made Them) deliver inspirational accounts of 13 Americans who fought in various wars. Their introduction, lauding soldiers “who went to war for our country, who risked their lives and suffered, and should not be forgotten,” will warn readers what to expect. Among the choices are Joseph Martin, who wrote a Revolutionary War memoir long beloved by historians, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who barely survived the U.S. Civil War. The authors make an attempt at diversity, choosing two black representatives: Charles Black, a sailor in the War of 1812, and Edward Baker, a buffalo soldier cavalryman who fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Mary Rhoads, one of two women included, survived a catastrophic Scud missile strike during the 1991 Gulf War, while Monica Lin Brown, a medic, earned a Silver Star in Afghanistan. Incidents of racism and sexism are highlighted as they emerge in the narrative. Each chapter includes an overview of the relevant war to contextualize the soldier’s story. “War is wretched beyond description,” but McCain and Salter aptly reveal humanizing moments in such theaters of cruelty. Agent: Philippa Brophy, Sterling Lord Literistic.

popularity

53

links

• self:
  • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/14ba8a85-dbea-45c5-871d-add314e80ae2/metadata
  • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
• shareInLibby:
  • href: https://link.overdrive.com/share?q=kTQYAMShdiw
  • type: text/HTML

id

14ba8a85-dbea-45c5-871d-add314e80ae2

starRating

3

images

• cover:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/5054-1/{14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2}Img100.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• thumbnail:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/5054-1/{14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2}Img200.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover150Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/5054-1/14B/A8A/85/{14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2}Img150.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover300Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/5054-1/14B/A8A/85/{14BA8A85-DBEA-45C5-871D-ADD314E80AE2}Img400.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg

isPublicPerformanceAllowed

False

languages

1. • code: en
   • name: English

subjects

1. • value: History
2. • value: Military
3. • value: Nonfiction

publishDateText

11/11/2014

mediaType

Audiobook

shortDescription

A personal history of war from bestselling authors John McCain and Mark Salter, told through the stories of thirteen remarkable American soldiers who fought in the nation's major military conflicts, from the Revolution of 1776 through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and a long-time student of history, John McCain brings a distinctive perspective to the experience of war. With Mark Salter, Thirteen Soldiers tells the stories of real soldiers who personify valor, obedience, enterprise, and love. You'll meet Joseph Plumb Martin, who at the tender age of fifteen fought in the Revolutionary War; Charles Black, a freeborn African American sailor in the War of 1812; and Sam Chamberlain, of the Mexican American War, whose life inspired novelist Cormac McCarthy. Then there's Oliver Wendell Holmes, an aristocratic idealist disillusioned by the Civil War, and Littleton "Tony" Waller, court-martialed for...

sortTitle

Thirteen Soldiers A Personal History of Americans at War

crossRefId

1586321

subtitle

A Personal History of Americans at War

publisher

Simon & Schuster Audio

bisacCodes

1. • code: HIS027110
   • description: History / Military / United States
2. • code: HIS027170
   • description: History / Wars & Conflicts / Iraq War (2003-2011)
3. • code: HIS036000
   • description: History / United States / General