Where Men Win Glory
The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
by Jon Krakauer · first published 2008
67% recommend33% neutral
The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man's haunting journey. Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In May 2002, Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract to enlist in the United States Army. He was deeply troubled by 9/11, and he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in south
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Where Men Win Glory is a really great book by Krakauer. All the controversy lately over American Sniper has me wondering where the Hollywood drama about Patrick Tillman is.
on “How Chris McCandless Died: An Update” ↗…one-note way, pleading, to an extent that sacrifices the narrative. Two great examples from Krakauer: _Under The Banner Of Heaven_, which veers into a straight-up litigation against the Mormon faith†, and _Where Men Win Glory_, whose latter third is practically tear-stained. Note: I'm not saying either of those books are bad; I liked them. I loved _Into The Wild_. † I'm not one.
on “Ask HN: Best book you read in 2010 and briefly why” ↗All consumed as audiobooks. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America - Colin Woodard; I learned much about early US history. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman - Jon Krakauer Find Me - Laura van den Berg Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel The Dog Stars - Peter Heller Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing; I…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗