October 8th, 1918--amid the last of the Allies' attempts to defeat the Germans, Sergeant Alvin York of Tennessee found himself and his platoon of only seventeen men trapped in the thick of heavy machine-gun fire. Rather than retreating or calling upon the artillery to take out the nest, York single-handedly took out more than twenty Germans, dropping them one by one, and captured many more. This is only one of the many tales of York's famed heroism, which were heralded as some of the most impressive battle stories in the history of modern warfare. Sergeant York contains the legendary soldier's war diaries, which offer up-close snapshots of his fabled military career.

Originally published by Doubleday, Doran and Co., Ã1928.

The York country -- The house of York -- The story of the story -- Fighters -- Long hunters -- Feudists -- Bushwhackers -- Moonshiners -- Saddlebaggers -- Guns -- Shooting matches -- Larnin' from nature -- Hunting -- Boyhood -- Hog-wild -- Mother -- War -- Conscientious objector -- The sword and the Bible -- Soldiering -- Over there -- St. Mihiel -- The Argonne -- The Argonne fight -- Official story of fight -- Above the battle -- The armistice -- Paris -- Home -- A heap o' larnin'.