Biggest Brother: The Life Of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers

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Penguin, May 2, 2006 - History - 320 pages
The New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the Band of Brothers in World War II.

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In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others.

They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne—the World War II fighting unit legendary for their bravery against nearly insurmountable odds and their loyalty to one another in the face of death. Every soldier in this band of brothers looked to one man for leadership, devotion to duty, and the embodiment of courage: Major Dick Winters.

This is the riveting story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero. After he enlisted in the army’s arduous new Airborne division, Winters’s natural combat leadership helped him rise through the ranks, but he was never far from his men. Decades later, Stephen E. Ambrose’s Band of Brothers made him famous around the world.

Full of never-before-published photographs, interviews, and Winters’s candid insights, Biggest Brother is the fascinating, inspirational story of a man who became a soldier, a leader, and a living testament to the valor of the human spirit—and of America.

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Contents

Shrine Auditorium Hollywood
xix
The 10000 Jump
1
21 a Day Once a Month
20
Ill Meet You at the North Star
39
A Very Very Tough Day
65
I Just Knew Youd Do Well
81
We Took a Hell of a Licking
96
My Luck Is Still Holding
114
Their Guys Are Probably Dumber Than Ours
166
Now I Know Why Im Here
178
The Spoils of War
195
Ill Bet You Thought I Was Gonna Shoot You
215
Ill See You After I Make the Final Jump
231
I Think E Company Has a Story to Tell
242
This Is Our Last Hurrah
255
Everybody Wants a Piece of You
272

Here We Go Again
131
You Cant Leave Us Sir
151

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About the author (2006)

Larry Alexander is the author of the New York Times bestselling Biggest Brother: The Life Of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers and Shadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II, as well as the coauthor of A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II. He has been a journalist and columnist for the Intelligencer Journal newspaper in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for more than a decade, winning numerous awards for excellence in journalism.

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