General George Patton: Old Blood and GutsSterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 - 195 oldal He remained firmly in the center of the action and at the center of controversy. That’s what made General George S. Patton America’s most colorful military leader and an endlessly fascinating subject. He’s as dynamic on the page as he was in life in Alden Hatch’s lively, accessible biography, which chronicles Patton from his early days growing up in Southern California to his triumphant march into Germany in World War II. With his iron-clad will to win, unique personality, and fearlessness, Patton’s a hero who will keep kids turning the pages to find out more. |
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PROLOGUE 37 | 3 |
Lake Vineyard | 7 |
An Embryonic General | 14 |
For Always | 24 |
The Sacred Plan | 30 |
Cavalry Post | 40 |
The Fifth Olympiad | 48 |
The Bright Flash of War | 54 |
The Nicest Little Fight You Ever Saw | 110 |
Patton Answers an SOS | 119 |
The First Breach | 126 |
Letter on DDay | 137 |
Lucky | 141 |
Out of Gas | 151 |
Busting the Bulge | 155 |
A Dozen Cannaes | 165 |
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