Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
 

Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives

by Jim Sheeler

Based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning story, Jim Sheeler’s unprecedented look at the way our country honors its dead; Final Salute Is a stunning tribute to the brave troops who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan and to the families who continue to mourn them

They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. It begins... (read more)

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jzine
  • Rated 5 stars

You need to read this book. Even if you (like me!) "support the troops," you have no idea. This book is about how the military cares for its own, its fallen. There is pain, empathy, nobility, heroism here. If you can read this book without crying, you're a robot. Read this book. You will be forever changed.

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Ginny K
  • Rated 1 stars

I found this book too painful to continue and read to the finish.

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  • Linda S

    linda s said:

    I worked with Jim at our college paper and at The Denver Post, where he wrote the most elegant, inspiring obituaries that make you wish he'll write about you when your time comes. I'm halfway through this story, and I keep having to stop because he keeps finding new ways to just break my heart as I read it. It really is a salute to some people who really deserve it.

    posted Tuesday, June 10 2008
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