Sergeant York And His People

A portrait of a young mountain man who leaves a remote cabin to join the World War and whose moral formation and courage are shaped by family, community, and frontier traditions. The narrative traces ancestral stories and daily life in a rural valley, follows his combat experiences in the Argonne where he confronts and compels a significant enemy force to surrender, and preserves his own account of events. Interwoven are sketches of the people who raised him, the molding of his character, and a record of other deeds that together explain how simple virtues guided his conduct during and after the conflict.