Bestelling author Eric Greitens is taking his book readings to new heights. The former Navy SEAL and founder of The Mission Continues gave a reading for his latest book “Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life,” while in the sky on a Southwest Airlines flight last week.
Jonathan L. Fischer, senior editor at Slate, was on the flight from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. He described the reading in detail in a blog post. Check it out:
While this was the rare book reading in which a chunk of the audience was either sleeping or wearing headphones or both, much of Greitens’ captive crowd did seem to be engaged, though that may have been partially thanks to the Southwest employee who announced that submitting a question for Greitens to answer would qualify you for a special gift. (It turned out to be a $100 Southwest gift card. And even if you didn’t have any questions for Greitens, you still walked away with a nine-CD audio version of his book.) “I hope we made your flight down to D.C. a little more fun and interesting,” Greitens said.