Our whole family is in Hot Springs, Virginia for a few days this week at the beautiful Homestead resort. We're maxing out our indoor activities today while the rain pours outside. I don't mind a little coziness in this charming place!
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Hot Springs morning December 2010 |
Here's number 50! By Jon Krakauer. You might know him as the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air. He's one of my favorites. This book was one of my favorites, too. I regaled the family with a 10 minute synopsis of it last night at dinner. I don't think their eyes glazed over too severely...
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
Although it wasn’t Tillman’s intention, when he left the Cardinals to join the Army he was transformed overnight into an icon of post-9/11 patriotism. Seizing the opportunity to capitalize on his celebrity, the Bush administration endeavored to use his name and image to promote what it had christened the Global War on Terror. Tillman abhorred this role. As soon as he decided to enlist, he stopped talking to the press altogether, although his silence did nothing to squelch America’s fascination with the football star who traded the bright lights and riches of the NFL for boot camp and a bad haircut. Following his death on the battlefield, the public’s interest in Tillman shot through the roof. The posthumous media frenzy shed little light on who he really was, however. The intricate mosaic of personal history that defined his existence was obscured by the blizzard of hype.
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