Sergeant Alvin C. York: The Making of a Hero and Legend (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512262094)

Sandra S. Turner wrote her Sgt. York book originally as a thesis for a master's degree in Communications at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is a graduate of Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute, Jamestown, Tennessee, as was her mother, her sister, and her daughter, plus numerous extended family members. "My daddy took me as a little girl to meet Sergeant York at his home once in the 1950s. The hero was not well at the time, but I still remember his smile and warm greeting." Turner previously taught English at York Institute, as does her daughter currently, and at Clarkrange High School. She worked as a writer/editor for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga and as a reporter for the Tennessean newspaper in Nashville and for the Herald Citizen in Cookeville. She was editor of a weekly newspaper in Campbell County, Tennessee. Currently, since 1981, she writes, edits, and publishes a bi-monthly Christian tabloid for singles, "Singles Scene/Spirit & Life." She has edited books for authors and has written many hundreds of resumes for an online church staffing service. She is currently a volunteer publicist for the Allardt Great Pumpkin Festival and Weigh-off, held each year the first Saturday in October in Allardt, Tennessee.