I've Got Things to Do with My Life: The Making of an American Hero

by Mike Towle

The inspirational story of Pat Tillman's incredible, heroic journey, this book explores his choice to quit the National Football League to join the elite Army Rangers and serve his country in its war against terrorism. Pat Tillman never backed down from a challenge; in fact, he sought them out his entire life. That life ended tragically and heroically in Afghanistan in April 2004.

Genres: Nonfiction

190 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Paul Davidson]

Enjoyed this book. My friend was a Ranger and kid from hometown was mentioned in the story.

[Faith High School · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read by: Harland Groves

I really liked this book. It told the story of how Pat Tillman decided to leave the NFL and multi-million dollar contract to become an army ranger and fight for his country. He was deployed to Afghanistan where he was killed in 2004. This is a very inspirational book.

[Brian Jacobs · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the subject and learned a lot about my hero, but was disappointed with the quality of the writing, or maybe it was the editing, but the story seemed to jump all over the place.

[Randell Carlton Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

8.13.05 - 8.17.05