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The Book of Valor · Clay & Buck Recommendations

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  Speaker 1: The Book of Valor is a story of American heroism,
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  Speaker 1: and it goes from the Mayflower women, four of them
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  Speaker 1: who were really responsible for saving the lives of a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the settlers. They lost almost half. Everybody made
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  Speaker 1: it across the ocean, except for one woman who died
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  Speaker 1: right when they got there. But there were 18 women
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  Speaker 1: on the ship originally, and only four of them made
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  Speaker 1: it through the winter. And only half of the people
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  Speaker 1: who were on the ship, 51 of them, survived that
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  Speaker 1: first winter. And I just think their story of grit
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  Speaker 1: and survival is something that becomes part of the thread
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  Speaker 1: of American exceptionalism, American tenacity and fierceness and fearlessness. And
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  Speaker 1: then the story goes all the way through history. It's
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  Speaker 1: all told in first-person narratives. So you hear from William
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  Speaker 1: Dawes about the midnight ride of Paul Revere. He wrote
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  Speaker 1: The Southern Route that night. You're going to hear from
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  Speaker 1: World War I heroes. You'll hear from World War II heroes.
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  Speaker 1: General Brady in Vietnam was a Huey chopper pilot. He
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  Speaker 1: basically flew in in medevac rescues. He rescued over 5,000
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  Speaker 1: people and received the Medal of Honor in Vietnam. And
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  Speaker 1: it goes all the way through Wells Crowther, the man
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  Speaker 1: with the red bandana. And in his case, the first
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  Speaker 1: person narrative is told by his mom, Alison Crowther. All
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  Speaker 1: these people are also on the audio book helping me
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  Speaker 1: to tell these stories as well. And Wells Crowther is
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  Speaker 1: an incredible hero. He, you know, as the Bible says,
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  Speaker 1: to lay down your life for your friends is the
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  Speaker 1: greatest act of love. And that's exactly what Wells Crowther did.
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  Speaker 1: He saved about 12 people from the upper reaches of
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  Speaker 1: the South Tower. There was only one way out, one
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  Speaker 1: staircase that was open, and he found it as a
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  Speaker 1: volunteer fireman. So And then we end it with the
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  Speaker 1: Battle of Shuk Valley in Afghanistan. So it's a story
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  Speaker 1: you read from beginning to end that will tell you
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  Speaker 1: of the resilience of Americans. And I think right now
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  Speaker 1: we need this book a lot. I think it's a
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  Speaker 1: good reminder of who we are. I really do.