Code Talker (35 page)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aaseng, Nathan. 1992.
Navajo Code Talkers: America's Secret Weapon in World War II.
New York: Walker Publishing Company. Excellent insights into Navajo culture.

 

Bailey, Lynn R. 1998.
Bosque Redondo: The Navajo Internment at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, 1863–68
. Tucson, Ariz.: Westernlore Press. Pre–code talker Navajo history.

 

Bradley, James, with Ron Powers. 2000.
Flags of Our Fathers
. New York: Bantam Books. Not about the code talkers, but a compelling account of the flag raising on Iwo Jima and its aftermath.

 

Circle of Light Navajo Educational Project. 2004.
Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers, Our Heroes . . . The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, A Photographic Exhibit.
Gallup, N. Mex. A wonderful book, put together by Navajo schoolchildren.

 

Durrett, Deanne. 1998.
Unsung Heroes of World War II.
New York: Facts on File. A compact book full of interesting facts about the code talkers.

 

Goossen, Irvy W. 1967.
Navajo Made Easier, A Course in Conversational Navajo.
Flagstaff, Ariz.: Northland Press. Took some spellings from this volume.

 

Greenberg, Henry, and Georgia Greenberg. 1984.
Carl Gorman's World.
Albuquerque, N. Mex.: University of New Mexico Press. Interesting portrayal of the Native American artist and activist.

 

Haile, Father Berard, OFM. 1974.
A Manual of Navajo Grammar.
New York: AMS Press. Father Haile's research, first published in 1926, provides a graphic example of how difficult Navajo is to learn.

 

Kawano, Kenji. 1990.
Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers.
Flagstaff, Ariz.: Northland Publishing. Photographs of code talkers.

 

Kluckhohn, Clyde, and Dorothea Leighton. 1951.
The Navajo.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. A wonderfully detailed book studying Navajo history, everyday life, and ceremonies.

 

Leckie, Robert. 1957.
Helmet for My Pillow.
New York: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks. First-person account of the war on Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu.

 

McClain, Sally. 2002.
Navajo Weapon, the Navajo Code Talkers.
Tucson, Ariz.: Rio Nuevo Publishers. (Originally published in 1994 by Books Beyond Borders.) An exhaustive study of the code talkers and their role in World War II. Beautifully executed.

 

Messenger, Charles. 1989.
Chronological Atlas of World War Two.
New York: Macmillan. Detailed information on WWII battles.

 

Paul, Doris A. 1973.
The Navajo Code Talkers.
Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Company, Inc. Some good information on the code talker project.

 

Rogers, Everett M., and Nancy R. Bartlit. 2005.
Silent Voices of World War II, When Sons of the Land of Enchantment Met Sons of the Land of the Rising Sun.
Santa Fe, N.Mex.: Sunstone Press. New Mexico's part in the war: development of the atomic bomb, Navajo code talkers, the Japanese internment camp at Santa Fe, the New Mexico National Guard at Bataan.