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Puller's Runner: A Work of Historical Fiction about Lieutenant General Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller Paperback - 2009

by Nick Ragland; Joe Rouse


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Lewis 'Chesty' Puller is the most famous and most decorated of all Marines. Michael Abbo is an average American kid who enlists in the Marine Corps just before Pearl Harbor. As he struggles to adapt, he unwillingly finds himself assigned to the duty of runner for Chesty Puller, a highly decorated jungle fighter from the 'Banana Wars.' Abbo is shocked by Chesty's harsh training methods and the horrors of the amphibious warfare of the Pacific, but survives World War II, finishes college, and becomes a newspaper reporter for The Chicago Tribune. He is called up from the Marine Reserves in 1950 to serve in Korea, and finds himself assigned once again to Chesty Puller. He serves well throughout the Inchon landing, the battle for Seoul, and into the hellish Chosin Reservoir, meanwhile gaining respect and awe for the once-enlisted man who takes great pride in 'leading from the front.' Abbo eventually returns to the Tribune, and covers Puller's forced retirement as well as his dramatic testimony in the court martial of a Marine drill instructor at Parris Island. For more info, check out www.pullersrunner.com

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  • Title Puller's Runner: A Work of Historical Fiction about Lieutenant General Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
  • Author Nick Ragland; Joe Rouse
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hamilton Books, New York
  • Date 2009-08-16
  • Features Bibliography, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780761846079 / 0761846077
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009925328
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Nicholas Ragland graduated from Georgetown University in 1966. He served as a Marine in Vietnam during 1967-1968 as a platoon leader with C Company, 3rd Shore Party Battalion, and later as the supply officer of the 1st Battalion 12th Marines. He is currently the chairman of The Gorilla Glue Company and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Joseph Rouse graduated from Miami University (Ohio) in 1996, and received an M.A. in English from the University of Cincinnati in 2003. After a stint in the corporate world, he now teaches high school English in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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