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Published by Bantam, 1993
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- Title
- Fortunate Son: The Autobiography Of Lewis B.Puller,Jr.
- Author
- Lewis Puller
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Binding
- Unknown
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 055356076X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553560763
- Item weight
- 0.53 pounds
A Vietnam veteran who lost both legs and a hand in the Vietnam War recounts his homecoming and his attempts to come to terms with his life
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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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