Where Men Win Glory
 Hardcover edition | |
| Author | Jon Krakauer |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ed Darack |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Pat Tillman |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication date | September 15, 2009 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 416 pp. |
| ISBN | 0-385-52226-6 |
| OCLC | 230729837 |
| 796.332029 | |
| LC Class | GV939.T49K73 2008 |
| Preceded by | Under the Banner of Heaven |
| Followed by | Three Cups of Deceit |
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, a 2009 book written by Jon Krakauer, is a biography of Pat Tillman, an American football player who left his professional career and enlisted in the United States Army after the September 11 attacks. To write the book, Krakauer drew heavily upon Tillman's journals, interviews with the Tillman family, Boots On the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman by Mary Tillman, and extensive research on the ground in Afghanistan.
Criticisms
While at a Sundance screening of the documentary film The Tillman Story (2010), Tillman's youngest brother Richard was asked about Krakauer's book. His response was "that guy's a piece of ..." [1]
References
- ↑ "24 Frames". Los Angeles Times.
External links
- "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- Filkins, Dexter (2009-09-08). "Book Review : The Good Soldier". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- After Words interview with Krakauer on Where Men Win Glory, September 19, 2009
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