{"product_id":"castners-cutthroats-jim-rearden-9781575100845","title":"Castner's Cutthroats: Saga of the Alaska Scouts","description":"Innokenty McBratney, the half-Aleut son of a Scot trader from the Aleutian island of Attu' Talky LLoyd, a renegade Colorado Cowboy turned Alaska guide\/trapper; Jonny Blackwolf, and Athapaskan from the arctic Koyukuk valley; Short the Bear, a trapper from deep in the Wrangell Mountains; Silver Fox Will Rooney, a trapper\/commercial fisherman from Bristol Bay. These are the heroes of this exciting tale of the Alaska Scouts who played a key role in the Aleutian Campaign of WWII. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorld War II was imminent in 1941, when, searching the ranks for woodsmen for his new Alaska Scout Platoon (later nicknamed Castner's Cutthroats), Col. Lawrence V. Castnet handpicked these men and others of their ilk. The usual draftees couldn't cope with Alaska's harsh wilderness--these Alaskans could. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe accompany these adventurous Alaskans as they gain their wilderness skills. We learn how they were selected for Castner's elite platoon, and how their wilderness backgrounds prepared them for scouting and the terrible battle of Attu. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough it portrays the Aleutian Campaign with historical accuracy, this is more than a war story. It is a story of early 20th-century Alaska and how a handful of extraordinary Alaskans participated in the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Rearden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1575100843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781575100845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pictorial Histories Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Jim Rearden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450493153535,"sku":"9781575100845","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42e57f1e-12cd-4af8-83fd-725a7a5b938b.jpg?v=1777268047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/castners-cutthroats-jim-rearden-9781575100845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}