I loved this book. Krakauer the author of "Into Thin Air", "Under The
Banner Of Heaven", and of course "Into The Wild" has done it again. In
only the way he can, Jon Krakauer lays down "The Odyssey Of Pat
Tillman" the Arizona Cardinals football player who in 2002 gave up that
life, for a life as a U.S. Army Ranger and a tour of Iraq and
Afghanistan. This book takes you through Tillman's life from his
childhood to his death in Afghanistan in 2004 caused by "friendly fire"
and beyond. The U.S. Government and the Military came up with all sorts
of false information to try and hide what really happened in the
mountains of Afghanistan that fateful day. Not only to hide it from us,
the public, but to hide it from his wife and family. From the words of
Tillman's wife, family, friends and his own journal entries we come to
find out who this man really was, a physically and mentally strong man
with a beaming personality who loved his family and friends
unconditionally and wanted absolutely no notoriety for his actions. So
from what my wide, fascinated eyes sucked off these pages and fed my
ever hungry brain, this man was amazing. In whatever direction he
turned, sports, family and especially life, he soared. I believe
everyone, young and old can take from this book if nothing else how in
some way to become, to be, and to live as a better person for not only
others but for themselves.