Where Men Win Glory

The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

Pages: 416
Published: 2008
Language: English

Jon Krakauer explores the compelling story of Pat Tillman, a professional football player who left his NFL career to serve in the U.S. Army after 9/11. This book uncovers the circumstances surrounding his death in Afghanistan and the subsequent efforts by the Army to control the narrative. It's a powerful examination of duty, truth, and the human cost of war.

Prose complexity: 7/10

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Sacrifice Betrayal

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Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American writer, journalist and mountaineer. Raised in Corvallis, Oregon, he took up climbing young and became known for his magazine work, much of it for Outside, some of which was collected in Eiger Dreams (1990). His books of narrative nonfiction include Into the Wild (1996), an account of Christopher McCandless's death in the Alaskan wilderness; Into Thin Air (1997), his first-hand report of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster...