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Gormley, Beatrice

John McCain: An American Hero

211 pp. | Simon/Aladdin | December, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5344-4386-0 $17.99 | Paper ISBN 978-1-5344-4385-3 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5344-4387-7
(4) 4-6 Gormley's admiring profile follows McCain through his childhood and the U.S. Naval Academy before detailing his resistance and resilience while imprisoned and tortured by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. The remainder of the book, which ends too abruptly, deals with McCain's political career and terminal illness and how his strong character and erratic temperament affected his personal and political lives. Timeline. Bib.
Reviewer: Jack Forman

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