Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives - Paperback
by Jim Sheeler
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143115458ISBN-10:143115456UPC:9780143115458Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:Iraq War (2003-2011), United StatesSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.65Product ID:SC8BYA9S67
They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. Since the start of the war in Iraq, Marines like Major Steve Beck found themselves charged with a mission they never asked for and one for which there can be no training: casualty notification. In Final Salute, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Sheeler weaves together the stories of the fallen, the broken homes they have left behind, and one man's effort to help heal the wounds of those left grieving. But it is not a book about war, politics, or liberal vs. conservative. Achingly beautiful and honest, it is a book that every American-every human-can embrace.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143115458ISBN-10:143115456UPC:9780143115458Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:Iraq War (2003-2011), United StatesSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.65Product ID:SC8BYA9S67
Jim Sheeler is the Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and Media Writing at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper feature on the war in Iraq that led to a book, Final Salute, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award in nonfiction.
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