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. He was killed in 2004 in the US war in Afghanistan by friendly fire, an incident which the US government attempted to cover up. 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.
 Hardcover edition | |
| Author | Jon Krakauer |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ed Darack |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Pat Tillman |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication date | September 15, 2009 |
| Publication place | United States |
| 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 |
Criticisms
editWhile 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
edit- ^ Zeitchik, Steven (24 January 2010). "24 Frames: Sundance 2010, Michael Moore loves the Pat Tillman documentary, but will middle America?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
External links
edit- Krakauer, Jon (15 September 2009). Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-0385522267.
- 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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