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Final Salute

A Story of Unfinished Lives

A Story of Unfinished Lives

A Story of Unfinished Lives

By Jim Sheeler

By Jim Sheeler

By Jim Sheeler

By Jim Sheeler

By Jim Sheeler
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By Jim Sheeler
Read by Mark Deakins

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Paperback $24.00

Apr 28, 2009 | ISBN 9780143115458

Ebook $6.99

May 01, 2008 | ISBN 9781440631603

Audiobook Download $17.50

May 06, 2008 | 339 Minutes

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    About Final Salute

    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.

    About Final Salute

    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.

    About Final Salute

    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.

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    About Jim Sheeler

    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… More about Jim Sheeler

    About Jim Sheeler

    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… More about Jim Sheeler

    About Jim Sheeler

    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… More about Jim Sheeler

    Product Details

    Category: 21st Century U.S. History | Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 28, 2009 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143115458

    Category: 21st Century U.S. History | Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    May 01, 2008 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9781440631603

    Category: 21st Century U.S. History | Biography & Memoir | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    May 06, 2008 | 339 Minutes | ISBN 9781429592277

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    Praise

    ” One of the great underreported stories of the Iraq war.”
    -Janet Maslin, The New York Times

    ” A must-read account.”
    –The Wall Street Journal

    ” A powerful counterpoint to the impersonal statistics and verbal camouflage of military euphemisms that sanitize the true horror of war and dehumanize those who serve.”
    –The Washington Post Book World

    Awards

    Christopher Award WINNER

    National Book Award Finalist WINNER

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