Weber, Mark M.
Tell my sons : a father's last letters / Lt. Col. Mark M. Weber ; foreword by Robin Williams. - First edition. - New York : Ballantine Books, [2013], b2012. - xxvi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
"Originally published by Beaver's Pond Press, Inc., in 2012 in slightly different form"--Title page verso.
"At the high point of a soaring career in the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Mark Weber was tapped by General David Petraeus to serve in a high profile job within the Afghan Parliament as a military advisor. Within weeks, a routine physical revealed stage IV intestinal cancer in the thirty -eight-year-old father of three ... When [he] realized that he was not going to survive this final tour of combat, he began to write a letter to his boys, so that as they grew up without him, they would know what his life-and- death story had taught him--about courage and fear, challenge and comfort, words and actions, pride and humility, seriousness and humor, and a never-ending search for new ideas and inspiration"--Dust jacket flap.
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Weber, Mark M.
United States. Army --Officers--Biography.
Minnesota. Army National Guard --Biography.
Conduct of life.
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.
Cancer--Patients--United States--Biography.
Death--Psychological aspects.
Minnesota--Biography.
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Tell my sons : a father's last letters / Lt. Col. Mark M. Weber ; foreword by Robin Williams. - First edition. - New York : Ballantine Books, [2013], b2012. - xxvi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
"Originally published by Beaver's Pond Press, Inc., in 2012 in slightly different form"--Title page verso.
"At the high point of a soaring career in the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Mark Weber was tapped by General David Petraeus to serve in a high profile job within the Afghan Parliament as a military advisor. Within weeks, a routine physical revealed stage IV intestinal cancer in the thirty -eight-year-old father of three ... When [he] realized that he was not going to survive this final tour of combat, he began to write a letter to his boys, so that as they grew up without him, they would know what his life-and- death story had taught him--about courage and fear, challenge and comfort, words and actions, pride and humility, seriousness and humor, and a never-ending search for new ideas and inspiration"--Dust jacket flap.
9780345549440 25.00
2013016544
Weber, Mark M.
United States. Army --Officers--Biography.
Minnesota. Army National Guard --Biography.
Conduct of life.
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.
Cancer--Patients--United States--Biography.
Death--Psychological aspects.
Minnesota--Biography.
B