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    I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story

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    On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Jessica Lynch was crossing the Iraqi desert with the 507th Maintenance Company when the convoy she was traveling in was ambushed, caught in enemy crossfire. All four soldiers traveling with her died in the attack. Lynch, perhaps the most famous P.O.W. this country has ever known, was taken prisoner and held captive in an Iraqi hospital for nine days. Her rescue galvanized the nation; she became a symbol of victory, of innocence and courage, of heroism; and then, just as quickly, of deceit and manipulation. What never changed, as the nation veered wildly between these extremes of mythmaking, was her story, the events and the experiences of a nineteen-year-old girl caught up in what was and will remain the battle of her life: what she saw, what she felt, what she experienced, what she survived.

    I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story is the story this country has hungered for, as told by Lynch herself to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg. In it, she tells what really happened in the ambush; what really happened in the hospital; what really happened, from her perspective, on the night of the rescue. More than this, the collaboration between Lynch and Bragg captures who she is and where she's from: her childhood in Palestine, West Virginia, a lovely, rugged stretch of land always referred to as the hollow, where she rode horses, played softball, and was crowned Miss Congeniality at the Wirt County Fair the same year the steer she raised took a ribbon. It reveals her relationships with her older brother, Greg Jr., also an enlisted soldier, and her younger sister, Brandi; with her father, Greg Sr., a forty-three-year-old truck driver who has at times worked construction, cut hay, cut firewood, hauled timber, hauled concrete, run a bulldozer, run a backhoe, cleaned houses, and dug graves; and with her mother, Deadra, a city girl from Parkersburg who moved to the hollow and met her future husband when he was eleven and she was nine. And it describes what happened to the Lynch family in the agony of Jessica's capture and captivity; the terror and disbelief that cascaded through an entire town at the news of her disappearance into enemy hands; the joy of her rescue; and the long work of healing and recovery that lie ahead. Jessica Lynch has won the hearts and minds of Americans. In the hands of Rick Bragg, a renowned chronicler of American lives, her tale is told at last, with grace, and care, and astonishing candor.


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateNov 11, 2003
    ISBN9780739311608
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    • 4/5
      This was very well written. I would have given it 5 stars, but since the book was written there has been some controversy about some of the untruths in the story of her capture, that were manufactured by the author.
    • 5/5
      interesting
    • 4/5
      The writing was good. The author is Rick Bragg, after all! Any lack in the book is probably attributable to the fairly simple subject matter and the fact that Ms. Lynch simply can't remember everything that happened to her.
    • 3/5
      I had heard about Jessica Lynch some time ago and when I came across this book decided I would give it a try. It's the story of this girl's courage and fortitude when she was made a POW in Iraq.Back Cover Blurb:On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Jessica Lynch was crossing the Iraqi desert with the 507th Maintenance Company when the convoy she was travelling in was ambushed, caught in enemy cross fire. All four soldiers travelling with her died in the attack. Lynch, one of the most famous POW's America has ever known, was taken prisoner and held captive in an Iraqi hospital for nine days. Her rescue galvanized America; she became a symbol of victory, of innocence and courage, of heroism; and then, just as quickly, of deceit and manipulation. What never changed, as America veered wildly between these extremes of mythmaking, was her story, the events and the experiences of a nineteen-year-old girl caught up in what was and will remain the battle of her life: what she saw, what she felt, what she experienced, what she survived.
    • 4/5
      This is the story of Jessica Lynch, as told to Rick Bragg. Jessica is a small town West Virginia girl who decided to join the Army just out of high school. Her decision was easy; she wanted to see the world, get a college education, come back home and be a kindergarten teacher. Jessica's story captured the minds and hearts of the world, but the story told was not entirely factual and until this point was not told by Jessi herself. Through media, here say and Governmental sensationalism her story took on a life of its own. Jessi never spoke of her ordeal in Iraq at the hands of Iraqi soldiers, torturers and doctors. Before she could speak about what truly happened rumors swirled, an unauthorized TV movie was written, produced and aired and in the end it was Jessi who was blamed for the falsehoods. She wasn't given the chance until now.I enjoyed this biography and was glad it was written. We all need to realize how quickly stories get blow out of proportion and that we should hear the truth from the ones it happened to. I do not believe that anyone can say that Jessica is not a hero. Wikipedia defines a hero as "characters who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice – that is, heroism – for some greater good of all humanity, originally of martial courage or excellence but extended to more general moral excellence". Jessica, and so many others like her, stood up for her country, put her life on the line for the rest of us to be free and that is the definition of hero.