Tell my sons : a father's last letters / Lt. Col. Mark M. Weber ; foreword by Robin Williams.
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TextPublisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2013], b2012Edition: First editionDescription: xxvi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780345549440Subject(s): 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 -- BiographyDDC classification: B Summary: "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.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | B WEBE (Browse shelf) | Available | 34101 |
"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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