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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer stories: 2 news summaries

McChrystal Lied About Tillman's Death: Krakauer

New book draws attention to general's role in cover-up

Nov 2, 09 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A new book is dredging up some uncomfortable history for Stanley McChrystal at an inconvenient time. Just as the general's credibility is on the line in Afghanistan, Jon Krakauer’s paints McChrystal as the central figure in the cover-up of Pat Tillman’s friendly fire death. McChrystal says he made... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Pat Tillman • Stanley McChrystal • Jon Krakauer

 It's a Busy Fall for Books 

Dave Eggers, Philip Roth, Jon Krakauer have new titles out

Sep 4, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hoping to salvage a miserable year, publishers are flooding the fall season with more hot tickets than normal. Some samples, from the Wall Street Journal:
  • Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol, Sept. 1: The next in a series from the Da Vinci Code writer.
  • Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist,
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Jonathan Lethem • Pat Tillman • publishing • Jonathan Safran Foer • Dave Eggers • Vladimir Nabokov • Dan Brown • The Lost Symbol • books • Jon Krakauer • Maurice Sendak

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