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Cryptography Cryptography United States History 20th century Navajo code talkers Navajo code talkers Juvenile literature Navajo language Navajo language Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Indian World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Indian Juvenile literatureAaseng, Nathan.
Summary: Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5486 AASNez, Chester.
Summary: A retired Marine and Navajo Indian describes his experiences as one of twenty-nine top-secret code talkers during World War II and how his life growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation prepared him for his service.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 940.54 NEZ, CHESTER NezSummary: Still reeling from the disappearance of his lover, a brilliant code-breaker is summoned to Blechley Park, Britain's top-secret intellengence campus. Now he must face his toughest assignment - crack the Nazis' infamous Engima codes. Putting together the pieces of a puzzle, he discovers the reason for his lovers' disappearance to U-boats closing in on Allied cargo ships to a mass grave in Poland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ENIPaterson, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 PATGorenberg, Gershom
Summary: "As World War II rages in North Africa, General Irwin Rommel marches his troops swiftly through Egypt, aiming to overrun he entire Middle East. An uncanny sense of his enemies' weaknesses and positions informs each move. The Nazis, somehow, have a source for the Allies' greatest secrets. Yet Rommel is not the only one with stolen knowledge. allies cryptographers are breaking the extraordinarily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group 2021
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Summary: "In 1939, the first of what would be several thousand students, professors, linguists, mathematicians, military officers, chess players of international repute, actresses, and debutantes quietly reported to a Victorian mansion called Bletchely Park, in Buckinghamshire, outside of London. This workplace became "Station X", the Allies' top-secret center for deciphering enemy codes". -- Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TV Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 SMIKahn, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5485 KAHMarks, Leo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 MARSmith, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 SMISummary: Follow the fascinating story of America's journey into World War II and discover the remarkable, selfless courage and bravery of Americans both at home and abroad that literally turned the tide of the war against Adolf Hitler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cobra Entertainment LLC 2005
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Baker, Brynn.
Summary: "Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Navajo code talkers and the impact they made during times of war and conflict"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BAKHarris, Robert
Summary: A fictional account of the desperate efforts to break the Nazi's Enigma code takes place in a British railway town, a struggle that becomes complicated by the pivotal disappearance of a beautiful cryptographer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARMcKay, Sinclair.
Summary: Describes the vastly different types of people working alongside each other at Britain's Government Code and Cypher School and how they passed their time at this extraordinary facility when they weren't working on projects vital to saving the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 MCKRussell, Francis
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1981
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORLee, Bruce.
Summary: The author shows the effects on decrypted Japanese diplomatic cyphers impacted Chief of Staff George C. Marshall and others in their prosecution of the war, from the division of Europe, to the bombing of Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 LEEDeBrosse, Jim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 DEBFisher-Alaniz, Karen.
Summary: On his 81st birthday, without explanation, Karen Alaniz's father placed two weathered notebooks on her lap. Inside were more than 400 pages of letters he'd written to his parents during WWII. She began reading them, and the more she read, the more she discovered about the man she never knew and the secret role he played in WWII. With painful memories now at the forefront of his thoughts, her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54867 FISCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54867 FISHER, MURRAY WILLIAM ALAMarks, Leo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5486 MARMundy, Liza
Summary: Documents the contributions of more than ten thousand American women who served as codebreakers during World War II, detailing how their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and enabled their subsequent careers.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 MUNSebag-Montefiore, Hugh.
Summary: Recounts a true tale of espionage, retracing the successful Allied effort to break the German "Enigma" code.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Wiley 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of "gross indecency," an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA IMICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD IMICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IMI RATED PG-13Aaseng, Nathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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Summary: "Battle of Wits presents the history of the war that these documents reveal. From the Battle of Midway until the last German code was broken in January 1945, this is an astonishing epic of a war that was won not simply by brute strength but also by reading the enemy's intentions." "This is the story of the Allied codebreakers puzzling through the most difficult codebreaking problems that ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2000
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Summary: "Describes the creation of the top secret Navajo code during World War II and its use in several major battles of the war"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2020