I Am a Soldier, Too The Jessica Lynch Story

Name: I Am a Soldier, Too The Jessica Lynch Story
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ISBN: 9781400077472

ISBN-10: 1400077478

ISBN-13: 9781400077472

Edition: 2003

Authors: Rick Bragg

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Bragg lends his remarkable narrative skills to the story of the most famous POW this country has known. In I Am a Soldier, Too, Bragg let’s Jessica Lynch tell the story of her capture in the Iraq War in her own words--not the sensationalized ones of the media's initial reports. Here we see how a humble rural upbringing leads to a stint in the military, one of the most exciting job options for a young person in Palestine, West Virginia. We see the real story behind the ambush in the Iraqi Desert that led to Lynch's capture. And we gain new perspective on her rescue from an Iraqi hospital where she had been receiving care. Here…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.11" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Rick Bragg was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1996. A national correspondent for the "New York Times", he lives in Miami, Florida.



Introduction: Hero



The Deadliest Day



Princess



Last Chances, and a Chance at War



Boot



Lori



Ruben



Lost



Taken



Damaged



M.I.A.



Time Standing Still



Wounds



The Enemy?



Hope



Saddam General



A Blonde Captive



Travels



A Soldier, Too



Under the Sand



Miracle



Love Letters



"Come Get Me"



Heroes Everywhere



Not Knowing Who to Hate



Changes



Barn Raising



Home



Normal?



The Long Shadow of Jessica Lynch


Acknowledgments