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07-20-2008, 10:54 PM
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Jon Krakauer's new, upcoming book on Pat Tillman...
It has since been announced that Krakauer's new book, The Hero, will be released by publisher Doubleday on October 14, 2008. The Hero will be about former NFL football player Pat Tillman, who enlisted in the US Army after 9/11 to become an Army Ranger and was eventually killed in action under suspicious circumstances in Afghanistan. In addition to performing research in Afghanistan, Krakauer was able to interview members of Tillman's family and read Tillman's diaries and letters, to prepare for writing the book. Doubleday's David Drake says Krakauer's interest in Tillman reflects "the fascination he has with extreme people, who push themselves to the very limits of their capabilities".
Jon Krakauer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Really looking forward to this. Interesting subject for him to take on, given that Tillman could be considered the anti-Chris McCandless. |
07-21-2008, 06:46 AM
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Didn't this book get held up for a while? I'm assuming all this resolved now. I could have sworn I read a couple months ago that he gave up this project over some red tape.
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07-21-2008, 07:29 AM
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The Lone Shenanigan
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So when do we get the punchline?
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07-21-2008, 07:36 AM
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Fierce Urgency Now
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Will we see a book from Krakauer on Jessica Lynch, next?
She's a "Hero", too!
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07-21-2008, 08:03 AM
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Didn't this book get held up for a while? I'm assuming all this resolved now. I could have sworn I read a couple months ago that he gave up this project over some red tape.
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you're right...
Holding the hero - Off the Shelf - Boston.com
Publisher Doubleday announced last week that "The Hero," Jon Krakauer's much-anticipated book about Pat Tillman, the NFL footballer who volunteered for army duty and was killed in Afghanistan in 2004, will not appear in October as scheduled. Doubleday had planned a 500,000-copy first printing.
Publisher's Weekly online reported that Krakauer, author of previous bestsellers "Into the Wild" and "Into Thin Air," is said to be dissatisfied with the manuscript, which presumably means he doesn't think it's ready, and that he's holding on to it "indefinitely."
That's annoying for Krakauer's fans, but perhaps speaks well of him, unless he's had some sort of change of heart and doesn't want to do the book, or unless there is some problem with members of the Tillman family, which had cooperated with the project.
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07-21-2008, 08:11 AM
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Fierce Urgency Now
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Krakauer is one of the best writers currently. Let's trust his judgement. Maybe he re-thinks this as too political or wants to wait for a change in the White House?
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