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Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Jeff Gottesfeld

Illustrator: Matt Tavares

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-1-5362-0148-2

Keywords: Arlington National Cemetary, military, death, war

An account of how the United States came to honor its soldiers who died nameless in the line of duty. Evocative pencil and digitally painted illustrations.