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The fighting Sullivans : how Hollywood and the military make heroes / Bruce Kuklick.
Author
Kuklick, Bruce, 1941-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Description
212 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Availability
Available Online
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Firestone Library - Stacks
D774.J86 K65 2016
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Subject(s)
World War, 1939-1945
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Naval operations, American
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Sailors
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United States
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Biography
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Brothers
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United States
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Biography
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World War, 1939-1945
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Motion pictures and the war
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Shipwrecks
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South Pacific Ocean
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World War, 1939-1945
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Search and rescue operations
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Waterloo (Iowa)
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Biography
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Fighting Sullivans (Motion picture)
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Juneau (Antiaircraft cruiser)
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Sullivan family
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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Summary note
"The five Sullivan brothers, at their insistence, were assigned to the same ship in World War II. Predictably when the ship was blown up they all were killed. The Navy buried their mistake in allowing all five to serve on the same ship by turning the five brothers into heroes, complete with a ship named after them, a Hollywood movie, and news coverage that turned five shiftless losers into great American heroes. Kuklick tells the story of who they were, what happened to them, and how they were transformed into heroes by the war publicity machine and Hollywood. He focuses a lot on the film The Fighting Sullivans telling how it got made, how it related to the use of Hollywood in the effort to promote the war, and how the film and the brothers' story was received. He also tells about the continuing half-life of their fame as their dying hometown, Waterloo, Iowa, tried to capitalize on their fame, much to the chagrin of some of some townspeople who remember the real Sullivan brothers. This is a book about the manufacture of heroes in war-time America."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Growing Up Sullivan
2. Depression Troubles
3. In the Navy
4. Guadalcanal
5. National Heroes
6. A New Mrs. Bixby
7. The Navy Tour and After
8. Hollywood in Waiting for the Sullivans
9. The Film Is Born
10. The Sullivans and The Fighting Sullivans
11. The Sullivans and The Fighting Sullivans
12. The Battles of Waterloo, 1944
1964
13. Town and Country.
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ISBN
9780700623549 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
070062354X ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016026155
OCLC
947149099
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