Fortunate Son: The Autobiography Of Lewis B.Puller,Jr.
by Lewis Puller
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Author: Lewis PullerEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-01-01
ISBN: 055356076X
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: No good deed, goes unpunished.
Summary: 5 Stars
An over-simplistic view to me is the only view anyone lacking the sensitivity to absorb this book correctly can have. Judging this person is irrelevant to the whole point of reading the book, it's not a textbook, of course there is more to the story, and of course anyone can be offended by anything. But, if your looking for a story of a young man who cheated death more then once during the Nam conflict, you will be hard press to find a better book. This is the most powerful book I have have ever read and you can choose to believe it or not, but these are the only type of books I read.
Summary of Fortunate Son: The Autobiography Of Lewis B.Puller,Jr.
The son of a military hero describes his own experiences in combat, recounting his tour of duty, where he won numerous medals of valor, but lost both legs and most of one hand in the process. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Reprint. NYT.Son of the famous World War II Marine commander "Chesty" Puller, Lewis Puller proudly followed in his father's footsteps. It was his misfortune, though, to serve in Vietnam in a war that brought not honor but contempt, and exacted a brutal personal price: Puller lost both legs, one hand, and most of his buttocks and stomach. Years later he was functional enough to run for Congress, bitterly denouncing the war. He lost, became an alcoholic, and almost died again. Then he climbed out of that circle of Hell to write this searingly graphic autobiography, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. One last poignant postscript: three years after the enormous success of this book, the author killed himself.
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