Biggest Brother
The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers
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Biggest Brother
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Narrateur(s):
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Traber Burns
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Auteur(s):
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Larry Alexander
The New York Times best seller that tells the true story of the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the Band of Brothers in World War II.
In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others.
They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne - the World War II fighting unit legendary for their bravery against nearly insurmountable odds and their loyalty to one another in the face of death. Every soldier in this band of brothers looked to one man for leadership, devotion to duty, and the embodiment of courage: Major Dick Winters.
This is the riveting story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero. After he enlisted in the army’s arduous new Airborne division, Winters’s natural combat leadership helped him rise through the ranks, but he was never far from his men. Decades later, Stephen E. Ambrose’s Band of Brothers made him famous around the world.
Full of never-before-published interviews and Winters’s candid insights, Biggest Brother is the fascinating, inspirational story of a man who became a soldier, a leader, and a living testament to the valor of the human spirit - and of America.
©2020 Larry Alexander (P)2020 Blackstone PublishingNY-Times reporter Larry Alexander - assigned to shadow the major because of the cultural popularity of the multi-Emmy-winning HBO series in the mid-2000s - writes well, researches his subject extensively, and interviews friends & comrades exhaustively to get all the information that he can while becoming more and more impressed with his assigned subject. The book includes some commentary on leadership in stressful (i.e. combat) situations and depicts the overwhelming feelings of responsibility among military officers brilliantly.. but mainly relates the mind-blowing experiences of Winters in-theatre. Don't get me wrong, there is quite a bit of edifying information about life after the war as soldiers adjust to life back home too. I learned a lot.
I suppose I was a bit disappointed by the repeated disparagement of fellow officers (the book almost portrays Winters as the only one who knew what he was doing in a military filled with idiots getting each other killed).. but that's really my only minor complaint. The book is a solidly good read otherwise.
As to presentation: I enjoyed the narration by Traber Burns, too. Burns tends to a staccato iambic cadence that persists here, but it's less overwhelming in this recording. I further appreciated his pedagogical matter-of-fact tone while relating horrifying trauma - although one could fairly accuse him of some roboticism in delivery.
In toto, I give 'Biggest Brother' 7.5 stars out of 10. The Stephen E. Ambrose 'Band Of Brothers' book about the WWII experiences of a Hollywood Central-casting array of charismatic soldiers is quite a bit better - and the Spielberg-Hanks television production is unsurpassed viewing - but if you can't get Ambrose's book or find a few hours in front of a TV, this take on the events is worthy of your time. I feel fortunate to have discovered it on the 'Plus' menu.
Solid Memoir
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Very good
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