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050 00 DS371.43|b.R63 2014 
082 00 956.7044/342092|aB|223 
084    BIO008000|aSPO015000|2bisacsh 
100 1  Rodriguez, Daniel,|d1988-|eauthor. 
245 10 Rise :|ba soldier, a dream, and a promise kept /|cDaniel 
       Rodriguez with Joe Layden. 
264  1 Boston :|bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,|c[2014] 
264  4 |c©2014 
300    xix, 236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520    A decorated soldier who served in both Iraq and 
       Afghanistan, where he fought in the infamous Battle of 
       Kamdesh, relates how he coped with PTSD by pursuing his 
       dream to play college football and eventually earned a 
       spot on the Clemson University team. 
520    Daniel Rodriguez joined the army just weeks after 
       graduating from high school. At age eighteen he had no 
       idea what war really was; he just wanted to get out of 
       town.  Almost immediately, he was deployed to Iraq where 
       he would spend seventeen months. He would later serve a 
       tour of duty in Afghanistan.  And he grew up fast. He 
       stopped sleeping, started smoking, and killing became 
       second nature.  He fought in the Battle of Kamdesh, one of
       the bloodiest encounters in Afghanistan, and for his 
       bravery he was awarded a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star 
       with Valor.  But his best friend was not so lucky.  
       Against all odds, Daniel returned home, broken, but still 
       alive.  Living at his sister's house, unemployed, and 
       stuck in the clutches of PTSD, Daniel remembered a promise
       to his friend and knew he had to make good on it.  So he 
       embarked on a grueling training regimen, transforming 
       himself through sheer grit and hard work into a true 
       athletic specimen.  When he posted a video of his efforts,
       it went viral overnight.  Through some mixture of hope, 
       determination, and the power of the internet, Daniel 
       earned a spot on the Clemson University football team as a
       wide receiver. This is Daniel's powerful narrative of a 
       young soldier, his unlikely dream, and how he found his 
       way out of darkness. 
600 10 Rodriguez, Daniel,|d1988- 
600 10 Layden, Joseph,|d1959-|eauthor. 
610 10 United States.|bArmy|vBiography. 
610 20 Clemson Tigers (Football team) 
650  0 Afghan War, 2001-2021|vPersonal narratives, American. 
650  0 Afghan War, 2001-2021|xCampaigns. 
650  0 Afghan War, 2001-2021|xVeterans|zUnited States|vBiography.
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|xVeterans|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|vPersonal narratives, American. 
650  0 Soldiers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Post-traumatic stress disorder|xPatients|zUnited States
       |vBiography. 
650  0 Football players|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military. 
650  0 SPORTS & RECREATION / Football. 
653  0 Battle of Kamdesh 
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