The ailing reverend john ames chronicles his familys history in a series of daily. Did you hesitate at all since fortunate son was already the title. Fortunate son is an ambiguous and ironic title for lewis b. Evidently the book was entered for the pulitzer prize with a different subtitle. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Puller 1993, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. But in the alcohol war, this book just marked the eye of the storm. Hardcover published april 19th 2000 by turtleback books hardcover, 400 pages.
He won the 1992 pulitzer prize for biography or autobiography for his autobiography fortunate son. Puller writes with simplicity and candor, with touches of spontaneous humor. If we value peace but want to understand what happens when that precious and fragile peace is disrupted by that cataclysm we know as war, books like lewis b. The healing of a vietnam vet had been on my reading list for several years before i found the courage to read it. August 18, 1945 may 11, 1994 was an attorney and a united states marine corps officer who was severely wounded in the vietnam war.
The healing of a vietnam vet 97808026909 by lewis b. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. You took the title, fortunate son, from the title of lewis puller s book. The healing of a vietnam vet is the story of lewis b. Mosleys fortunate son tells two tales walter mosleys fortunate son is a novel about two boys from southern california, one black. August 18, 1945 may 11, 1994 was an attorney and an officer in the united states marine corps, severely wounded in the vietnam war. Puller wished that his life had been different, that his book fortunate. When lewis puller tripped a boobytrapped howitzer round in vietnam. He told story of his ordeal and its agonizing aftermath in an inspiring book titled fortunate son, account that ended with triumphing over physical disabilities. General chesty puller, usmc, the most decorated marine in history and the man who came to exemplify what being a marine means read his biography in chesty by colonel jon t. Puller 1991, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Perhaps it is in a manner fortunate that the defendant has. Sledge wrote the book, with the old breed, and was one of the main characters in. Booknotes interview with puller on fortunate son, may 24, 1991, cspan.
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