Sergeant York and the Great War: His Own Life Story and War Diary
Ebook
Overview
This memoir chronicles the Tennessee soldier’s journey from conscientious objector to decorated World War I hero.
In the 1941 film Sergeant York, actor Gary Cooper played a real American soldier, Sgt. Alvin C. York, as he served in World War I. The film garnered an Academy Award for Cooper and further notoriety for York, an American hero.
This book, Sergeant York and the Great War, chronicles York’s early years in the backwoods of northern Tennessee until he was drafted into the US Army to serve overseas during World War I. Also featured is York’s war diary, detailing life in the trenches.
- Title: Sergeant York and the Great War: His Own Life Story and War Diary
- Author: Tom Skeyhill
- Publisher: Open Road Media
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 411
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781504081412, 1504081412
- Resource ID: LLS:9781504081412
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-10-22T13:34:02Z
Tom Skeyhill, born January 10, 1895 in Victoria, Australia, was a writer, soldier, and lecturer. He was member of the 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, until he was blinded in battle by an exploding shell. Following his military career, he began to write poetry. Skeyhill traveled around the world, reciting his poetry and raising money for the Red Cross Society. After a lecture at Carnegie Hall, Theodore Roosevelt said that he was ”the finest soldier speaker in the world.”