Faith of My Fathers

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book memoir

Faith of My Fathers is a memoir by U.S. Senator and former Navy pilot John McCain that recounts his family’s military legacy and his experiences as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

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Label	Occurrences
Faith of My Fathers canonical	4
Faith of My Fathers (film)	1

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Target entity: Faith of My Fathers
Context triple: [John McCain III, authored, Faith of My Fathers]

A. Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
B. The Brethren
The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows three disgraced former judges running an extortion scam from inside a federal prison.
C. The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
D. The Light of Faith
The Light of Faith is an encyclical letter of Pope Francis (begun by Benedict XVI) that reflects on the nature, role, and contemporary relevance of Christian faith.
E. The Blessed Unrest
The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Faith of My Fathers
Target entity description: Faith of My Fathers is a memoir by U.S. Senator and former Navy pilot John McCain that recounts his family’s military legacy and his experiences as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

A. Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
B. The Brethren
The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows three disgraced former judges running an extortion scam from inside a federal prison.
C. The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
D. The Light of Faith
The Light of Faith is an encyclical letter of Pope Francis (begun by Benedict XVI) that reflects on the nature, role, and contemporary relevance of Christian faith.
E. The Blessed Unrest
The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ memoir ⓘ
aboutPerson	John McCain ⓘ John S. McCain Sr. ⓘ surface form: John S. McCain Jr. John S. McCain Sr. ⓘ
adaptationType	television film ⓘ
associatedWith	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States) United States Senate ⓘ
author	John McCain ⓘ
coAuthor	Mark Salter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	family influence on character ⓘ military duty and honor ⓘ torture of prisoners of war ⓘ
describesEvent	John McCain's family military legacy ⓘ John McCain's imprisonment in North Vietnam ⓘ John McCain's service as a Navy pilot ⓘ
genre	autobiography ⓘ war memoir ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Faith of My Fathers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Faith of My Fathers (film)
hasSubjectHeading	John McCain ⓘ surface form: McCain, John, 1936-2018 Naval officers—United States—Biography ⓘ Prisoners of war—United States—Biography ⓘ Captive Warriors: A Vietnam POW's Story ⓘ surface form: Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	John McCain ⓘ McCain military family ⓘ surface form: McCain family military history Vietnam War ⓘ prisoners of war ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	detailed account of John McCain's POW experience ⓘ portrayal of three generations of the McCain family ⓘ
publicationYear	1999 ⓘ
publisher	Random House ⓘ
setting	North Vietnam prison camps ⓘ United States Naval Academy ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ Vietnam War era ⓘ
topic	United States Navy ⓘ military ethics ⓘ patriotism ⓘ survival in captivity ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John McCain III (attended, transferred) → authored → Faith of My Fathers ⓘ

subject surface form: John McCain III

John McCain → notableWork → Faith of My Fathers ⓘ

Faith of My Fathers → hasAdaptation → Faith of My Fathers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Faith of My Fathers (film)

Worth the Fighting For → relatedWork → Faith of My Fathers ⓘ

John → notableWork → Faith of My Fathers ⓘ

subject surface form: John McCain

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