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          In Jon Krakauer received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters....

          Jon Krakauer is the author of Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air and is editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.

        1. Jon Krakauer is the author of Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air and is editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.
        2. In , Jon Krakauer published his book Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith.
        3. In Jon Krakauer received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
        4. Finally, Jon Krakauer's “Into Thin Air” details the harrowing account of survival and tragedy during a disastrous expedition on Mt. Everest.
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          Jon Krakauer replies to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' official response to his latest book 'Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith.

          At the end of June 2003, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints issued an official "response" to my new book, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith.

          Disseminated nationwide more than two weeks before my book was scheduled to appear on bookstore shelves, this preemptive attack was authored by Richard E. Turley, Jr., a high-ranking church official who serves as managing director of the LDS Family and Church History Department.

          In his lengthy, carefully worded screed, Elder Turley characterized Under the Banner of Heaven as "a decidedly one-sided and negative view of Mormon history." According to his assessment, my book was written as "a condemnation of religion generally," and the Mormon faith in particular.

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