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1) Land of the radioactive midnight sun: a Cheechako's first year in Alaska

Author

Flynn, Sean Michael

Pub. Date

2003.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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From moose attacks to the midnight sun--an amusing, Bill Bryson-like account of one man's first year in Alaska "In New York City, a Cheechako (chee CHA-ko) would be the kid who just fell off the turnip truck. No street smarts. A pink windbreaker. A subway map sticking from his back pocket...In Alaska, a Cheechako is even easier to spot. He's the guy with his tongue stuck to a metal pole. A tenderfoot. A greenhorn." Land of the Radioactive Midnight...

2) The fighting 69th: one remarkable National Guard Unit's journey from Ground Zero to Baghdad

Author

Flynn, Sean Michael

Language

English

Formats

Book, Playaway/Launchpad

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Chronicles the transformation of this motley band of amateur soldiers into a battle- hardened troop at work in one of the most lethal quarters of Baghdad: the notorious Airport Road, a blood- soaked strand that grabbed headlines and became a bellwether for progress in post-invasion Iraq. At home on the concrete and asphalt like no other unit in the U.S. Army, Gotham's Fighting 69th finally brings its own rough justice to this lawless precinct by ignoring...