{"product_id":"flags-of-our-fathers-paperback","title":"Flags of Our Fathers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRon Powers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The perfect gift for Father's Day, this is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima--and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow the son of one of the flagraisers has written a powerful account of six very different young men who came together in a moment that will live forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. But after his death at age seventy, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. In \u003ci\u003eFlags of Our Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e, James Bradley draws on those documents to retrace the lives of his father and the men of Easy Company. Following these men's paths to Iwo Jima, James Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle for the Pacific's most crucial island--an island riddled with Japanese tunnels and 22,000 fanatic defenders who would fight to the last man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut perhaps the most interesting part of the story is what happened after the victory. The men in the photo--three were killed during the battle--were proclaimed heroes and flown home, to become reluctant symbols. For two of them, the adulation was shattering. Only James Bradley's father truly survived, displaying no copy of the famous photograph in his home, telling his son only: \"The real heroes of Iwo Jima were the guys who didn't come back.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew books ever have captured the complexity and furor of war and its aftermath as well as \u003ci\u003eFlags of Our Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e. A penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, this is history told with keen insight, enormous honesty, and the passion of a son paying homage to his father. It is the story of the difference between truth and myth, the meaning of being a hero, and the essence of the human experience of war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e is the son of John \"Doc\" Bradley, one of the six flagraisers. A speaker and a writer, he lives in Rye, New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Powers\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Town Drowsing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Vermont.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.07 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Flags of Our Fathers\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978512335149,"sku":"9780553384154","price":23.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/VkUwMGREMUUyWmlyWEprYkM4OFRrQT09.webp?v=1775805565","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/flags-of-our-fathers-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}