Don't tear your hair out. He respects no one's boundaries.
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Posted on 09/02/2003 7:42:46 AM PDT by kattracks
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Lynch, the former prisoner of war whose capture and rescue from an Iraqi hospital made her a national hero, has agreed to a $1 million book deal with publisher Alfred A. Knopf."Many folks have written, expressing their support for me and for the thousands of other soldiers who serve their country," Lynch said in a statement issued Tuesday by Knopf.
"I feel I owe them all this story, which will be about more than a girl going off to war and fighting alongside her fellow soldiers. It will be a story about growing up in America."
"I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story," co-written by Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg, is scheduled to come out in mid-November with a first printing of around 500,000 copies, Knopf spokesman Paul Bogaards said.
Financial terms were not disclosed, but a source close to the negotiations said Lynch and Bragg will divide a $1 million advance. The source spoke on condition of anonymity.
"I feel a kinship with Jessica and her family, and am thrilled at the prospect of bringing this story to the wider world," Bragg said in the statement issued by Knopf. He has been granted exclusive access to Lynch and her family.
Lynch received a medical discharge last week from the Army, making her eligible to pursue book or movie deals.
Lynch, 20, suffered multiple broken bones and other injuries when her 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on March 23.
Her rescue on April 1 made her a celebrity. She joined the Army to get an education and become a kindergarten teacher.
She returned home to Palestine, W.Va., in July to a hero's welcome after a long stay at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
"I am feeling better every day, and all the good wishes of the many who have written have certainly kept my spirits up," Lynch said. "I am walking with crutches, but my doctors tell me that as I gain strength I will be able to walk on my own again soon. I am looking forward to those first steps."
Bragg has written several books, including the memoir "All Over but the Shoutin'," and won the feature-writing Pulitzer in 1996, two years after he began working for The New York Times. He resigned from the Times in May after the newspaper suspended him over a story that carried his byline but was reported largely by a freelancer.
So, are you saying she LIED about the Amnesia? What was that about 'character'? I mean, if what you are saying is true, wouldn't it just be easier to say "Sorry. I can't comment on that. I'm under orders, and face 20 years in Leavenworth if I spill the beans."????
Oh, and Good morning :0)
Well, I won't pretend to know what her principles were, and/or whether she compromised them. I'll leave making that judgement to someone else...
There was a time when the discourse on Free Republic was a little more scintillating. You must be an an aficianado of soap operas...or Friends...or both.
I'm as much in favor as the next guy of folks making a buck. I also think there are times when a story needs to be told. I hope this one is truthfully. It always seemed to me there are things in the world that don't have a price tag.
Did you ever see the movie Seargent York? No.
Gary Cooper classic. I'd encourage you to rent a copy this weekend and watch it. As is often the case, I s'pect there's a bit of poetic license taken in the script, but the sentiment is appealing to me. The real Sgt. York was one of the most (perhaps THE most) decorated US soldier in WWI. He had a story that was worth a buck or two.
You don't apply the same standard to Franks. Should he be writing a book when soldiers died in the wars he managed?
Did she ever say she had amnesia? All I said is she kept quiet. In amy case, if the Army told her to keep quiet for a while, she can say what she wants to keep the media off her back. Covert activity in defense of your country is fine.
What was that about 'character'? I mean, if what you are saying is true, wouldn't it just be easier to say "Sorry. I can't comment on that. I'm under orders, and face 20 years in Leavenworth if I spill the beans."???? Oh, and Good morning :0)
Covert activity is necessary in defense of your country.
I can't believe you won't stand up to this jerk. Spineless.
I'm not judging her. I'm humbly appreciating her service, unlike you complainers.
You're not standing up the the jerk either. I'm losing respect for you with every post. A Christian should stand for right, not wrong. What Silas said was wrong. You are calling good evil, and evil good.
But you don't apply the same standards to Franks.
Gary Cooper classic. I'd encourage you to rent a copy this weekend and watch it. As is often the case, I s'pect there's a bit of poetic license taken in the script, but the sentiment is appealing to me. The real Sgt. York was one of the most (perhaps THE most) decorated US soldier in WWI.
My brother is a big military buff and wants me to watch it with him. He mentioned it a couple weeks ago.
He had a story that was worth a buck or two.
Did he survive the war?
How would YOU know?
Maybe it's because I don't have time to get in a long drawn out argument right this minute. Or, maybe I'm better at actually discussing things with people, and don't see the need to foam at the mouth and fly off the handle?
Spineless.
Or, maybe I'm better at actually discussing things with people, and don't see the need to foam at the mouth and fly off the handle?
That's all you've been doing is foaming at the mouth lately.
David did it. The bible is my handbook for morality.
You allow evil to stand and focus on fighting those that fight evil.
I seconded Chad's comments on the matter. That is all that needs to be said. I DO NOT APPRECIATE HER SERVICE? Where the hell do you find that quote? I have said over and over that I thank her for her service, that I applaud her for doing her job.
But since she was POW you're going to hold a microscope to her budget looking for any way to question her character. Hell of an appreciation there.
But even if I did not. So? You wouldn't judge my character by my words would you? I know my actions make no difference. You need to stop posting to me.
Words, action, not budget.
Don't tear your hair out. He respects no one's boundaries.
I know.
My motto:
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