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Where Men Win Glory Jon Krakauer

Where Men Win Glory By Jon Krakauer

Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer


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Summary

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers another profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up to fight with the US Army in Afghanistan, only to be killed by one of his own platoon.

Where Men Win Glory Summary

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer

In May 2002, Pat Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract to enlist in the United States Special Operations Forces. He was deeply troubled by 9/11, and felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he would die on a desolate hillside in south-eastern Afghanistan. News of Tillman's death dealt a devastating blow not only to his family and friends, but also to his fans - he was a much loved public figure, and his memorial service was watched by millions on American television. But while the public believed that Tillman had died in the line of duty, most of the two dozen soldiers on the scene knew what the US Army had aggressively maneuvered to conceal: that it was a ranger in Tillman's own platoon who had fired the fatal shots. In Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer renders an intricate portrait of this driven, complex and uncommonly compelling figure and tells the gripping story of the search to uncover the truth about his death. Infused with the power and authenticity readers have come to expect from Krakauer's storytelling, Where Men Win Glory exposes shattering truths about men and war.

Where Men Win Glory Reviews

'An astonishingly gifted writer... Powerfully dramatic' Guardian 'A fascinating story of idealism, fantasy, and the dark side of the wilderness experience.' Paul Theroux 'Masterly, with a glittering certainty of description and devastating insight' Guardian 'Krakauer paints a vivid and moving picture of the courage, pride, egotism and blind determination of the men and women who set out to conquer the world's highest mountains.' Daily Mail

About Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer is the author of Into The Wild, Into Thin Air, Eiger Dreams and Under the Banner of Heaven and is the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.

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9781848873018
1848873018
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Atlantic Books
20100101
400
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