The Price of Valor, David Smith
The Price of Valor, David Smith
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The Price of Valor
The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II

Author: David Smith

Narrator: Tom Perkins

Unabridged: 6 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/20/2015


Synopsis

When he was seventeen years old, Audie Murphy falsified his birth records so that he could enlist in the Army and help defeat the Nazis. When he was nineteen, he single-handedly turned back the German Army at the Battle of Colmar Pocket by climbing on top of a tank with a machine gun, a moment immortalized in the classic film To Hell and Back, starring Audie himself. In the first biography covering his entire life—including his severe PTSD and his tragic death at age forty-five—the unusual story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated hero of World War II, is brought to life for a new generation.

About David Smith

David A. Smith is a senior lecturer in American history at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He received his undergraduate degree from what is now Texas State University in San Marcos and his PhD in modern American history from the University of Missouri. He lives in Woodway, Texas, with his wife and children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on September 19, 2018

I bought To Hell and Back many years ago. I've never reviewed it as it's been so long since I had the book. I may reread it now. Are you a veteran? Then I'd bet the name Audi Murphy means something to you. At least I hope so. I made a reference to Alvin York in another thread a while back and I was s......more

Goodreads review by Nooilforpacifists on August 09, 2015

Audie Murphy went To Hell And Back--and you get the feeling that most everything after the end of the war was hell. His autobiography was good; he made three good movies (including playing himself); a bunch of B movies; otherwise he couldn't adjust. He had combat flashbacks (and so slept with a pist......more

Goodreads review by Don on September 16, 2015

You know, rating a biography is an interesting proposition. Are you rating the author's work, the research, the arrangement, the depth and whatnot. Or am I being influenced by the person about whom the book was written. I think I'll go with vague answer; yes.......more

Goodreads review by Erica on February 20, 2019

I grew up watching Audie Murphy movies and always enjoyed them. It was neat finding out more about his life, as well as sad. He never fully recovered from his war experiences, and that caused a lot of turmoil in his life. *There was some language throughout.......more

Goodreads review by Jimmy on October 30, 2016

I enjoyed this biography on Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of World War Two. It is about time I finally know more about him! I was wondering whether to start with Audie’s autobiography or this biography told in a third person perspective but in the end I thought it was better to start with......more